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The Man in Black

  • 1914
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DramaShort

Elsie Winters, a girl of good family, is a kleptomaniac. She reads in the newspapers of robberies in the fashionable district, which the police attribute to "the man in black," a clever "gen... Read allElsie Winters, a girl of good family, is a kleptomaniac. She reads in the newspapers of robberies in the fashionable district, which the police attribute to "the man in black," a clever "gentleman burglar." While shopping in a department store that afternoon Elsie stealthily abst... Read allElsie Winters, a girl of good family, is a kleptomaniac. She reads in the newspapers of robberies in the fashionable district, which the police attribute to "the man in black," a clever "gentleman burglar." While shopping in a department store that afternoon Elsie stealthily abstracts small articles from the counter and is undetected except by the keen eye of a well-d... Read all

  • Director
    • Edward LeSaint
  • Writer
    • Wheeler Oakman
  • Stars
    • Guy Oliver
    • Stella Razeto
    • Eugenie Besserer
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    • Director
      • Edward LeSaint
    • Writer
      • Wheeler Oakman
    • Stars
      • Guy Oliver
      • Stella Razeto
      • Eugenie Besserer
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    Guy Oliver
    Guy Oliver
    • The Man in Black
    Stella Razeto
    Stella Razeto
    • Elsie Winters
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    Eugenie Besserer
    Eugenie Besserer
    William Atkinson
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      • Edward LeSaint
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      • Wheeler Oakman
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    She is a kleptomaniac

    This story tells of a girl who belongs to a refined family and who enjoys a social position. Unfortunately she is a kleptomaniac, and this fact is taken advantage of by a burglar, "The Man in Black," discovers her purloining articles from a department store. He plans a robbery and she, in assisting him, is struck on the head by the butler. The blow cures her of kleptomania. Her social position saves her, while the burglar meets his Waterloo. - The Moving Picture World, September 26, 1914

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1914 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Selig Polyscope Company
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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