The Power of the Camera
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Charles Murray [the first convict], Dell Henderson [the second convict], Edward Dillon [the guard], Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [the tramp], Gus Pixley [the sheriff], Frank Opperman [the bartender], Sylvia Ashton [a townswoman], William J. Butler [a townsman], Florence Lee [a townswoman], Kate Toncray [a townswoman]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Anita Loos. / Released 17 March 1913; in a split-reel with A Delivery Package (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Two convicts escape from the city jail and manage to elude their pursuers for quite a while, by contriving a fake motion picture machine and posing as picture producers. But, like many of us, they become over-confident and are finally apprehended by the guard.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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