The Stolen Invention (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An inventor refuses to sell his creation for a low price. A businessman drugs the inventor to make him insane and steals the invention. The inventor's daughter and her lawyer boyfriend work together to expose the crime and get justice.

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What happens

The Stolen Invention is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on John Deering, an inventor, whose invention interests Mr. Cobleigh. Deering rejects the small sum Cobleigh offers for the invention, so Cobleigh decides to drug Deering. The effect of the drug makes him temporarily insane and Deering is sent to the asylum. Cobleigh then forges Deering's signature and secures the invention. Deering's daughter breaks her father out of the asylum and nurses him back to health. The girl's sweetheart, Tom, is a lawyer who takes Cobleigh to court and reveals the forgery through a stereopticon; Cobleigh is arrested. The film was released on September 16, 1910, and received neutral to negative reviews. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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