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- Bookmaker struggles with police and is arrested.
- A policeman catches a pickpocket, who slips from his jacket but is caught by a sailor.
- Two duelists, armed with pistols, fire: one of them is hit and collapses.
- "Shows a police patrol dashing up: the prisoner taken in and carried away."
- "Two children sleeping in bed are aroused by a burglar, who foolishly lays down his revolver while he is ransacking the room. One of the little girls gets possession of the pistol, and makes the thief throw up his hands. The other little girl rings the burglar alarm for a policeman, who shortly appears, arrests the burglar and marches him off. This is a very attractive subject, and especially pleasing to children."
- "A burglar attempting to crack a safe is disturbed in his operations by the entrance of the owner. The burglar hides behind the safe, and is astonished to see the owner open the safe and take out a scuttle of coal for the interior. The burglar's manifestations of disgust are very amusing."
- "The hen house occupies the entire left foreground of the picture, running back to the nearby road. The main foreground is filled with tall grass swept by the wind, the naturalness of which effect is remarkable. A thief appears 'round the corner, carrying a tattered sack. He suspiciously approaches the window, from which two fowl are handed to him by a black confederat, who himself suddenly appears at the window, falling out head first but clinging tenaciously to a fluttering white bird. Both [of them] start to run when the farmer and his hand appear in the foreground, one with a scythe and the other with a gun. Just as the marauders disappear 'round the corner, the farmer, back to, but still shown at life-size in the picture, aims and fires twice. The smoke effect from the gun at this close range is startling and beautiful, and the entire picture is one of the best composed and most ingenious we have made."
- "A mounted policeman chasing a flying thief whom he captures after a desperate struggle."
- Dramatic scene in gardens - jealous husband shot.
- "This is an interesting picture, illustrating how two little girls entrap a burglar. The burglar is seen to fore his way into the room where the children are sleeping, and proceeds to plunder it. The little girls awake, one of them goes out unnoticed to give the alarm, while the other holds the burglar at bay with a pistol until the arrival of an officer."
- "A dramatic incident, showing how the victim is lured into a Bowery lodging house, and there drugged and robbed by a woman and her confederate."
- "Here's one of those bold daylight robbers you read about. In steals the villain, mask, dark lantern, jimmy, hand-drill and full outfit. Sees the solid looking safe, starts to drill out the combination. Hears some one coming and hides. Office boy comes in briskly with a coal scuttle, opens safe and discloses coal bin inside. Fills his scuttle, shuts safe door with a slam and goes out. This is the well known scene in 'The Parlor Match,' made famous by Evans and Hoey. The burglar during this episode is a sight to behold. Curiosity, surprise, rage, mortification and disgust seize him, and he slinks away, a crestfallen man. The whole affair is very laughable, the disclosure of coal in a safe being sure to make a great outburst of genuine merriment."
- There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive. Soon others do appear on the scene to help, but by now the burglar has decided that he is going to put up a fight in an attempt to escape.
- This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women and Wine'. The actresses are believed to be Edith Blanche and Beatrice Homer.
- 'Armed Robber Shimizu Sadakicchi' is considered Japan's debut film and came on the heels of the country obtaining its first film camera. It famously was only a couple of minutes' long as its film reel was only seventy feet long. It featured who is considered to be Japan's first film actor Unpei Yokoyama who was one of two actors in the film. It features one scene where a robber is apprehended by the police.
- A lady is seated at her desk writing when a burglar enters and strangles her. He stabs her and after wrapping her in a sheet throws her in a trunk and then proceeds to steal her jewelry. He is disturbed by a noise and looking around he sees the ghost of the woman he murdered. Three or four more spectres appear and becoming bewildered he tries to escape, but is captured by the officers, who enter at this time.
- A thief chased by a watchman crosses a roof on a plank.
- A burlesque on the work of highwaymen in Chicago. An elderly gentleman is sandbagged and robbed by a thug, who inadvertently leaves some money on the victim's prostate body. A policeman happening along, takes the money and passes by without paying any attention to the plight of the victim.
- Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears. Holmes initially attempts to ignore the event by lighting a cigar, but upon the thief's reappearance, Holmes tries to reclaim the sack of stolen goods, drawing a pistol from his dressing gown pocket and firing it at the intruder, who disappears. After Holmes recovers his property, the bag vanishes from his hand into that of the thief, who promptly disappears through a window. At this point the movie ends abruptly with Holmes looking "baffled".
- Showing the roof of the famous prison. Two convicts are making an attempt to escape. A guard shoos one; but is himself killed by an iron bar in the hands of the other, who succeeds in getting away.
- The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and paddles. He's over-matched. What will become of the mission, its defenders, and its occupants?
- After losing his money at the horse races, a young man turns to crime, only to end up in the electric chair.
- A burglar is arrested for a murder. He is condemned to death. Before his execution the murderer dreams of his past, of how he was a bank clerk, then turned to crime. The criminal is then taken out of his cell, and a moment later is executed.
- A gambler shoots a cardsharper. Police arrest the gambler.
- A convict, wounded while escaping, has visions of home.
- This is a mixture of fun and pathos. When the picture first bursts into view, the exterior of an English Police Station is seen, from which the squad emerges. A change and then one of the "finest" is seen posing before a great building as though proud of his uniform. Again a change and we see a table on which was placed a dark lantern. Bobby's hand reaches forth and grasps the lantern and we follow him through the famous "White Chapel" district of which we have heard so much. All that is seen are the rays of light from the lantern and the object at which they are pointed. We see a high board fence on which a number of advertisements appear and the rays move along until "Bobby's" best girl is seen on the top of the steps leading into the basement of the house where she is employed. In her hand she holds dainty viands, which she knows Bobby delights in, and she beckons to him to follow. In this case you can draw your own conclusions. We follow the light through all the dark passages of the district until it enters a bank building and surprises a burglar at work on a safe. Suddenly Bobby appears behind the lantern, a scuffle ensues and the burglar is captured. This is undoubtedly one of the most novel moving pictures ever made.
- This film is remarkable in many ways. The idea is a daring one and is carried out in an exceedingly clever fashion. An expert diamond thief, who has made a large haul, is being followed by the police and makes his escape by disguising himself as a handsomely attired young woman. The opening scene shows the detectives searching for the thief in the railroad station. They unwittingly allow the supposed young woman to pass into the train with her satchel full of booty. Just as the train pulls out, word comes to the detectives telling them the character of the disguise adopted by the thief. They try to catch the train but are too late. The next scene shows the interior of an English coach, where the thief is seen laying aside his feminine apparel and assuming his natural appearance of a young clerk. The next scene shows the train arriving at its destination and the force of detectives pacing up and down the platform, carefully scrutinizing the occupant of each compartment. The young man walks out with his satchel, but inasmuch as the police have been instructed to look for a woman, they do not notice him and only discover their mistake when they find the feminine wearing apparel discarded in the car. Their chagrin at being so easily baffled makes a very amusing finish to a very thrilling and interesting film. The picture is very sharp and clear throughout.
- A beautiful and wonderful subject is this. A burglar enters and grasping the lady by the throat who is seated with her back to him, he throttles her and throws her on the floor. He breaks open her cabinet and turning around and seeing her move he places her in a trunk and strangles her. Her ghost rises and confronts him, which he attempts to fight off, but to no purpose. A picture of Justice is seen in the background, and while he is struggling with his conscience, the officers come in and arrest him.
- This is a typical court scene. You see the judge on the bench, the policeman bringing in prisoners, etc. One man who has committed burglary is given a sentence of six months, while a little boy who has stolen a loaf of bread is given a term of ten years -- thus illustrating the usual course of justice. By the use of printed signs, plainly seen in this picture, you can tell just what is transpiring.
- A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers.
- A killer plants a knife on a drunk, is blackmailed, and confesses in court after a vision of injustice.
- A. THE DINNER. In this scene two gay couples are enjoying a wine dinner in the private room of a Bohemian Cafe. There is a great deal of hilarity and some love-making. A game of cards is suggested and the four go into an adjoining room. B. THE GAME. Here the four sit down for a game of poker. Chips are forthcoming and money is produced. The waiter takes advantage of the condition of the guests, drugs their wine and when they have all collapsed into an insensible condition, robs the men and flies. Excellent in photography and arrangement.
- Three hunters surprise two poachers in the act. The hunters take umbrage and give chase over fences and through fields. The hunters fire away, but the poachers have guns as well, and a fight ensues with casualties for the hunters. Two cops appear and so do dogs as the chase continues. Will the poachers escape, or will they, like the game they were after, be trapped?
- A man kills a boy for a mailbag, and is killed by an Indian.
- A burglar reforms when a child mistakes him for Santa Claus.
- Showing a den of thugs. A young girl, the wife of one of the thieves, tries to persuade him to forsake the life he is leading. He attacks her and strangles her. A very sensational and dramatic scene.
- The kidnapper is continuing his abuse of the child when the father, who has discovered his whereabouts, rushes in. A fierce fight ensues, in which the kidnapper gets his just deserts. The mother arrives on the scene and her meeting with the child is very effective. The entire series is well acted and of a superior quality photographically.
- A melodramatic scene showing how an apparently bashful young man foiled two house-breakers and rescued his lady fair.
- This is a sequel to 2446 [THE WAGES OF SIN. A - MURDER]. A young clergyman who has come to the rescue of the young woman, but who arrives too late, engages in a hand-to-hand conflict with the ruffian and is rapidly besting him when another thug enters and attempts to shoot the clergyman. The latter knocks the revolver away and the bullet, flying wide of its mark, kills the murderer. Police break in, in the meantime, and capture the second thug. Both scenes are well acted, and can be recommended as good examples of this class of subject.
- This is a very humorous picture in two continuous scenes. The first shows a bedroom, where an elderly couple have retired for the night. The burglar enters cautiously through a window and is heard by the wife, who awakens the husband. He (the husband) is about paralyzed with fright, but his wife persuades him to get up, and the two proceed to hunt for the burglar. The latter in the meantime has made his way into an adjoining room, where the couple come armed with a revolver, and in great trepidation try to locate the thief. They finally discover him in the closet, and the husband makes the wife stand guard while he goes out for a policeman. When the officer enters and captures the burglar a funny climax is given by the husband suddenly assuming an attitude of great courage.
- Here we find the little child on a pallet of straw. The kidnapper, intoxicated, catches the little boy in an attempt to escape and cruelly thrashes him with a heavy whip.
- This scene is a pleasing variation from the chase pictures which have recently become so popular, in that it is laid in the 17th Century during the period when the famous gentleman highwayman "JACK SHEPPARD" rode boldly up and down the highways of Merry England robbing the rich and aiding the poor. The costumes are all appropriate to the times. At the opening an old time mail coach is seen lumbering along a picturesque road. "JACK SHEPPARD" and a companion on horseback hold up the coach with their horse-pistols and courteously deprive the passengers of their valuables. One hysterical lady faints and the men in the party are helpless. The two bold highwaymen gallop away just as a couple of guardsmen ride up. The guard men learning of the robbery, start off in pursuit of the bandits. The next scene is in a typical English wayside inn. The two robbers gallop up and enter, closely followed by the two guardsmen. Soon after they appear at a window high on a wall and with the aid of a rope quickly lower themselves to the ground. The guardsmen follow immediately discharging their pistols at the fleeing highwaymen. The succeeding scenes are exciting chases over a picturesque English country-side. In one case there is a hand-to-hand conflict and another particularly picturesque portion is where the robbers climb down the edge of a rocky side. The two men finally take refuge in a large tree thinking to escape their pursuers but are discovered and shot out of the tree, the bodies falling heavily to the ground. Thus ends a most dramatic series of incidents.
- A pickpocket is caught in the act, and leads the police on a lengthy chase.
- A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.