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The Electric Alarm (1915)

The Electric Alarm poster
Directed by
Tod Browning
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to stop a burglary using an electric alarm system. The film follows the struggle between the would-be thief and the homeowner.

old-fashionedtensedramaticsilent-eraurgentstraightforwardmelodramatic

What happens

The Electric Alarm is a 1915 American short drama film directed by Tod Browning and starring A. E. Freeman and Charles Gorman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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