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Three Scraps of Paper

Three Scraps of Paper

1913Short
ShortDrama

Ruth is kidnapped by an unsuccessful and jealous suitor. She is taken to an old tumble-down house in an out-of-the-way section of the city. She writes a message, calling for help, on three scraps of paper and throws them out of th...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Ruth Stonehouse, E.H. Calvert, Thomas Commerford
Release Date
October 14, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ruth Stonehouse
Ruth Stonehouse
as Ruth
E.H. Calvert
E.H. Calvert
Thomas Commerford
Thomas Commerford
Eleanor Kahn
Eleanor Kahn
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Charles Hitchcock
as The Peddler

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

A combination of improbabilities
by deickemeyer2017-12-08

"There was one feature of this picture that will arouse interest. That is the fight between the police and the thugs at the end. The story as a whole is a combination of improbabilities. In the first place, a man having relations with thugs is assumed to possess the belief that he can compel a millionaire daughter to marry him at the point of a pistol and get away with it. Secondly, when the girl is kidnapped she throws from a blind a note calling for help. The paper is in three pieces. One piece falls into the window of her sweetheart, a distance away. The second drops into the garden of a flo..."

📖 Synopsis

Ruth is kidnapped by an unsuccessful and jealous suitor. She is taken to an old tumble-down house in an out-of-the-way section of the city. She writes a message, calling for help, on three scraps of paper and throws them out of th...