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The Esterbrook Case

May 25, 1915 · 30m
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Drama

PLOT

Paul Sturgess is engaged to Grace Van Austin. At a party at their Newport home, Grace flirts with Howard Esterbrook leading to a fight between the two men. Later that night, a servant witnesses Paul, with a revolver entering Esterbrook's room. The servant follows, sees a hand emerging from a window curtain, stab Esterbrook then vanish mysteriously. Paul is arrested based on circumstantial evidence. Six months later, a woman known as "The Woman of Mystery" is shot during a raid while trying to assist the police. Moved by hearing about Paul's denied pardon and impending execution, the "Woman of Mystery" reveals information to the detective leading the raid. This revelation leads to a call to the Sing Sing Warden just in time to halt Paul's electrocution.

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CAST

L. Rogers Lytton
Howard Esterbrook
Julia Swayne Gordon
Ann - A Woman of Mystery
Zena Keefe
Grace Van Austin
Charles Kent
J. Burgess Van Austin
Cissy Fitzgerald
Helen Van Austin
Garry McGarry
Paul Surgess - Ann's Son
Edward Elkas
Robert Gaillard

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Country
US

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