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  • The Alster Case (1915)
  • 50 min | Mystery
The Alster Case (1915)
50 min | Mystery

Miss Cornelia Alster, a wealthy spinster, secretly makes George Swan, a poor lawyer's clerk, executor of her estate. That night, she goes to a theatre and returns home unexpectedly, discovers her two wards, Beatrice and Linda, in what she ...See moreMiss Cornelia Alster, a wealthy spinster, secretly makes George Swan, a poor lawyer's clerk, executor of her estate. That night, she goes to a theatre and returns home unexpectedly, discovers her two wards, Beatrice and Linda, in what she thinks is an affair with two men. As a matter of fact, Linda is fighting Keith, the butler, who is using some knowledge of her to force her to give him money. Beatrice is entertaining her sweetheart, Allen Longstreet, a young inventor. Miss Alster waits in her room, determined to see who the men are. The next day she is found murdered. Trask, a noted detective, is put on the trail. He runs down five clues, the last leading to the criminal. It is a baffling story and an unexpected denouement. The criminal is in the cast. Which one do you think committed the crime? Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
Rufus Gillmore (novel)
Cinematographers
Arthur Reeves (as Arthur E. Reeves) | Jackson Rose (as Jackson J. Rose)
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Updated Dec 6, 1915

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Dec 6, 1915 (United States)

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9 cast members
Name Known for
Bryant Washburn
George Swan George Swan   See fewer
John Cossar
Trask (as John H. Cossar) Trask (as John H. Cossar)   See fewer
Ruth Stonehouse
Beatrice Beatrice   See fewer
Anne Leigh
May Walsh May Walsh   See fewer
Louise Crolius
Cornelia Alster Cornelia Alster   See fewer
Rod La Rocque
Allen Longstreet (as Roderick LaRocque) Allen Longstreet (as Roderick LaRocque)   See fewer
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