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Ethel’s First Case
Also known as Ethel Gets the Evidence in the USA
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)
Cast: Tammany Young [Bill], Fay Tincher [Ethel], Tod Browning [Mr. Hadley], Chester Withey (Chet Withey) [Mr. Jones], Mrs. Anderson (Nellie Anderson) [Mrs. Jones], Bobby Feuhrer (Bobby Ray) [the office boy]
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / From a screen story by Paul West. / Released 3 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The 14th film in the “Bill the Office Boy” series.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Reel Life, 26 December 1914, page ?] Mr. Hadley is sought by a heart-sick bride who pleads with him to secure her a divorce. Ethel, meanwhile, has been invited out to luncheon, by a new beau. She returns with a necklace which he has presented to her, and when the unhappy bride emerges from the private office, she instantly recognizes Ethel’s latest ornament as the jewels which her faithless husband has stolen from her that very morning. She hastens to enlighten Ethel, and they conspire to lure Mr. Jones to the office to visit the stenographer. He rises to the bait, and then Ethel uses her powers on him to such good purpose that Hadley, watching with the wife fromthe inner office, considers the evidence sufficient to start divorce proceedings at once. // [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mr. Hadley is sought by a heart-sick bride who pleads with him to secure her a divorce. Ethel, meanwhile, has been invited out to luncheon by a new beau. She returns with a necklace which he has presented to her, and when the unhappy wife emerges from the private office, she instantly recognizes Ethel’s latest ornament as the jewels which her faithless husband had stolen from her that very morning. She hastens to enlighten Ethel, and they conspire to lure Mr. Jones to the office to visit the stenographer. He rises to the bait, and then Ethel uses her powers on him to such good purpose that Hadley, watching with the wife from the inner office, considers the evidence sufficient to start divorce proceedings at once.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Skal-Browning p. 253 : Website-IMDb.
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