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The Writing on the Wall (film)

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Turner, sees him and tries to ambush him on the road, but fails. Then he goes ahead to tell Turner. Jack, on his trip, meets Grace. Nearly exhausted, he takes her home, and thus seems to play directly into the hands of the villains. They steal his revolver, and would drug him, were it not for the fact that Grace writes a warning on the wall with wine. Jack, aided by Grace, escapes but the girl is wounded. Jack marries Grace."
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over a botched scene identifies Barry O'Neil as the director who stunned the studio workers. In a critical scene in the film, the two villains bungled the attempt to drug the hero and wound up drinking the drugged drink. O'Neil reportedly called out, "Stop! You've drank the poison!" The article was
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theater. It is unknown if published reviews for this work exist, but there is an absence of a citation Bowers or the American Film Institute catalogs. Given this absence, it is possible that additional details or commentary can be obtained from advertisements or local newspapers outside of typical
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on June 11, 1910. It states: "Turner, a man of bad character, conducts an inn in the country. His stepdaughter Grace is his trudge. When on an errand to the village she meets Jack, wealthy young man. He is much attracted by her. Jack goes to the bank and draws a large sum of money. Hank, a pal of
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focuses on a young girl named Grace who becomes attracted to a wealthy man named Jack. Two men, named Turner and Hank plot to rob Jack after he withdraws a large sum of money from a bank, but Grace warns him of a plot to drug him. Jack escapes and marries Grace. The film has no known trade
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who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer. The role of the cameraman was uncredited in 1910 productions. The cast for the production is also unknown, but the cast may have included the leading players of the Thanhouser productions,
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while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions. He was the most important script writer for Thanhouser, averaging 200 scripts a year from 1910 to 1915. The film director was
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does not attribute a cameraman for this production, but two possible candidates exist. Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company, but he was soon joined by
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The single reel drama, approximately 1000 feet in length, was released on June 10, 1910. The film was advertised in the June 11, 1910 edition of
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publication reviews, but reviews may exist for this film. Theaters were advertising this film as late as 1913.
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published on May 14, 1910, and gives a loose timetable for when the film was being produced.
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magazine. The film was advertised as late as 1911 in one
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Billboard
Barry O'Neil
Lloyd Lonergan
Thanhouser Company
English
silent
short
drama
Thanhouser Company
Barry O'Neil
Lloyd Lonergan
lost film
lost
The Moving Picture World
Lloyd Lonergan
The New York Evening World
Barry O'Neil
Romeo and Juliet
Q. David Bowers
Carl Louis Gregory
Anna Rosemond
Frank H. Crane
Billboard
Indiana
Texas
List of American films of 1910


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