Weighed in the Balance
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Frank Hall Crane [the banker], Julia M. Taylor [the chemist’s daughter]
Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 21 April 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company promotional materials] Weighed in the Balance is a great spectacular reel that we’re glad to stick our trade-mark onto, for its supreme merit will redound to that trade-mark’s credit. Still, it may harm us by making you look for a run of like subjects, and it’s difficult to “do” a “Weighed in the Balance” every week. Likely it’s our best effort in the spectacular line since “Governor’s Daughter.” While we can’t guarantee a weekly prototype, we can say that 1911 will see many more pictures as good as this, and a few even better.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 April 2010.
References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 55, 279 : Website-IMDb.
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