The Evidence of the Film

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The Evidence of the Film
Directed by	Lawrence Marston Edwin Thanhouser
Starring	William Garwood Marie Eline
Release date(s)	1913
Running time	15 minutes
Country	U.S.A.
Language	Silent film
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The Evidence of the Film was a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood. Only 15 minutes long it is a film about a messenger boy at a film studio 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. It stars William Garwood and Florence LaBadie.

The only known copy of this film was rediscovered in 1999 on the floor of the projection booth in a Superior, Montana movie theater. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

[edit] Cast

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

[edit] External links

• The Evidence of the Film at the Internet Movie Database