A Celebrated Case (1914)

Directed by

George Melford

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A French soldier is falsely accused and convicted for killing his wife. He is sent to serve a brutal sentence in the galleys.

silentstarkslow-pacedtragicmelodramaticperiodsomber

What happens

A Celebrated Case is a 1914 American silent drama film starring Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs and Marguerite Courtot. It is based on the 1877 play Une cause célèbre by Adolphe Philippe Dennery and Eugene Cormon. A French soldier is wrongfully sentenced to the galleys for the murder of his wife. It is considered to be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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