The Evidence of the Film

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The Evidence of the Film (1913)
Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser

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A 1913 American one-reel film. In 2001, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

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Cast and Crew
Cast
Role	Actor
	William Garwood
	Marie Eline
	Florence La Badie
Crew
Production company	Thanhouser Company
Distributor	Mutual Film
Director	Lawrence Marston (d. 1939), Edwin Thanhouser (d. 1956)
Producer	Edwin Thanhouser
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1956, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 67 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.

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4229807The Evidence of the Film1913Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser

The dishonest broker plots to outwit his client.

W. H. WATSON

PRIVATE

Mr Henry Watson,
Sir:—
Unless you return my
$20,000 in bonds by to morrow,
I will begin criminal proceedings.
Very truly,
(Mrs.) Caroline Livingston.

The moving picture company at work.

THe "dummy" package is given to the messenger boy.

The broker has witnesses to prove his innocence.

Some days later.

The evidence of the film.

  [THAN]HOUSER C[OMPANY]
 
[THANHO]USER COM[PANY]

The detectives see the picture.

The innocent is freed.

The
End

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

The principal director
The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
The cinematographer
By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1956, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 67 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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