The Evidence of the Film

The Evidence of the Film
Film poster
Directed by	Lawrence Marston Edwin Thanhouser
Produced by	Edwin Thanhouser
Starring	William Garwood Marie Eline
Production company	Thanhouser Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release dates	January 10, 1913
Running time	15 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Evidence of the Film is a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood.

The only known copy of this film was rediscovered in 1999 on the floor of the projection booth in a Superior, Montana movie theater.^[1] In 2001, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Plot

Scene from the film

The Evidence of the Film tells the story of a messenger boy at a film studio who is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. He is saved by his sister, a film cutter, who comes across some footage of her brother inadvertently walking into a location shot and being knocked down by the real-life villain.

The Evidence of the Film

Cast

• William Garwood as The Broker
• Marie Eline as Messenger Boy
• Riley Chamberlin as Clerk
• Florence La Badie as Sister of Little Boy

References

1. Silent Era

External links

• The Evidence of the Film at the Internet Movie Database
• The Evidence of the Film at the Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. website
• Lobby poster