| The Secret of the Palm(1911) United States of America
 B&W : One reel
 Directed by Joseph Smiley (Joseph W. Smiley)
 Cast: King Baggot [Cecil Abbott], Anita Hendrie [Don Alvarez’s mother], Joseph Smiley (Joseph W. Smiley) [Don Alvarez], Charles Arling Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by Carl Laemmle. Cinematography by Antonio Gaudio (Tony Gaudio). / Released 13 March 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Cuba. Drama. Synopsis: [Description from IMP promotional materials] Here’s a thriller — full of action — exciting from start to finish — get it for your next “IMP night” and notice results. A Spaniard, goaded to desperation, attempts to ruin a rival on account of unrequited love. He fastens a crime on the ranch foreman, and then brings about his own death in a sensational manner by a fall from the topmost branches of a palm tree. The wrong is righted — but — see the film. Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive. Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords: Cuba Listing updated: 25 October 2012. References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 5, 279 : Website-IMDb. |