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The Crimson Sabre (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Crimson Sabre (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Winston Holmes is decoyed to the home of Gerald Lafitte, his unsuccessful rival in love, by a promise that the latter will put him in touch with a proposition which will mean big money. Lafitte, meanwhile, robs his own safe, and sends for ...See moreWinston Holmes is decoyed to the home of Gerald Lafitte, his unsuccessful rival in love, by a promise that the latter will put him in touch with a proposition which will mean big money. Lafitte, meanwhile, robs his own safe, and sends for a detective. When Holmes arrives he finds that the "proposition" is: "Give up Hilda Brown, or go to jail." For a despairing moment the young man sinks his face in his hands. He is roused by a cry of horror. In the doorway stands the detective and Lafitte's valet. On the couch, his head cloven in twain, lies his enemy, a sabre, crimson with blood, at his side. A few minutes before Holmes had been absentmindedly admiring the strange weapon as it hung on the wall above the couch. He is arrested for the murder. Rhodes, the detective, is not convinced even by apparently inclusive evidence. He finds in Lafitte's study the money and jewels cleverly removed by the dead man from his own safe, also a photograph of a beautiful girl with a theatrical signature across the corner. The detective visits a theatrical agency where he learns that the original of the picture had been Lafitte's sweetheart. Rhoades studies the mechanism by which the sabre had been so attached to the wall that it could be swung out over the head of an unconscious victim and dropped with fatal effect. A photograph of the missing actor forms another link. Rhodes proves to the detective force that Lafitte's valet is none other than the father of the deserted actress, whose death he at last has avenged in of her betrayer. Winston Holmes is acquitted, and he and Hilda marry. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Hector Dion Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes See fewer	King Lear (1916)
Isolde C. Illian Hilda Brown - The Girl Hilda Brown - The Girl See fewer	The Mill on the Floss (1915)
George Marlo Winston Holmes - the Girl's Sweetheart Winston Holmes - the Girl's Sweetheart See fewer	The Mill on the Floss (1915)
Robert Whittier TheGerald Lafitte - the Girl's Sweetheart's Rival TheGerald Lafitte - the Girl's Sweetheart's Rival See fewer	Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (1916)
Daniel Keleher Chief of Police (as Dave Keleher) Chief of Police (as Dave Keleher) See fewer	The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
S. Charles Gould Actor (as Charles S. Gould) Actor (as Charles S. Gould) See fewer	Western Approaches (1944)

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