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The Evidence of the Film

1913 · 15 min · US

Directed by Lawrence Marston

Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser, Thanhouser Company, 1913. The Evidence of the Film is a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser, starring William Garwood. The only known copy of this film was rediscovered in 1999 on the floor of the projection booth in a Superior, Montana movie theater. Silent, a 15-minute short. The File: on Commons is the circulating print.

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1913 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons · FM-50

Video: Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser · Credit: Vimeo · Public domain · Source: File page

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Lawrence Marston · DirectorWilliam Garwood · The Broker

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