The Amateur Detective
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The Amateur Detective | |
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Directed by | Carroll Fleming |
Starring | Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde, Muriel Ostriche |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Mutual Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 1 reel |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Amateur Detective is a 1914 American silent short comedy directed by Carroll Fleming for the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film stars Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde and Muriel Ostriche.
Synopsis
Thanhouser literature describes it as "A laughable parody on Sherlock Holmes."[1]
History and preservation status
This film represented a subgenre of detective parodies common to the era of the Nickelodeon.[2] It is preserved in the AFI/Alfred Bruzzese collection;[3] the surviving print is only a fragment, consisting of 240 feet of the original 990-foot running length.[4]
References
- ^ "The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com".
- ^ "American Film Cycles: The Silent Era". Archived from the original on 2010-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
- ^ "The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com".
External links
- The Amateur Detective at IMDb
- Silent Era Database Entry
- American Film Cycles: The Silent Era Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 1914 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
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- 1914 comedy-drama films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- 1910s American films
- American comedy-drama short films
- Silent American comedy-drama films
- All stub articles
- Short silent film stubs
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs