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The Peddler’s Bag
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Anthony O’Sullivan
Cast: Claire McDowell [the gamekeeper’s wife], Charles H. West (Charles West)
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] The wayward son of a landed gentleman persecutes the gamekeeper’s wife with his attentions, and, in the husband’s absence, bribes the village peddler to carry him into the cottage in a bag. Cutting his way out at dead of night, he alarms the wife, who seizes a gun and shoots, then flees in panic. The gamekeeper, suspicious, hastens home in time to be suspected by those who find the body, is arrested and brought to trial on the evidence of the butler, who has heard him threaten the young master. At a dramatic moment the signed statement of his wife and the arrest of the peddler bring about his release.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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