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Casey's Vendetta : [incomplete]

Item number (ISN):

43842

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1912

Item number (ISN):

43842

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Accession:

1979-0191

Media:

Film

Original title:

Casey's Vendetta

Production date:

1912

Release date:

1912-11-01

Production company:

Komic Film Company

Production credit:

director, Edward Dillon

Cast credit:

Edward Dillon, Fay Tincher, Tod Browning, Max Davidson, Sylvia Ashton

Country of production:

us

Distributor name:

Mutual Film Corporation

Description:

Casey, a policeman, has everybody bluffed except his wife, who rules over Casey. Tony runs a fruit stand on Casey's beat, and Nita, sweetheart of the former, also sells fruit. Casey eats Tony's fruit and refuses to pay. Then he flirts with Nita, who likes it. Pedro, a member of the Black Hand, vows revenge. He sends Casey a note, demanding $500, or the Black Hand will take his life. The opportunistic Casey changes the word "life" to "wife", and shows her the letter. After telling her to keep out of sight, Casey returns to Nita. Enraged, Tony captures Casey and locks him up. Nita alerts the police, just as the wife, missing Casey, also appeals to them. Being rescued, Casey rushes to his wife, while Nita is restrained from attacking him. After his wife learns the truth about the note, she strips Casey of his uniform and drags him home. <11mn 11s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' print calculated at 18fps.~2. Subject description taken from "Dark Carnival" by David J. Skal and Elias Savada, page 248.~3. Incomplete: the last two or three minutes are missing. Scenes missing include Casey (Edward Dillon) being rescued, the girl (Fay Tincher) trying to attack him, and his wife (Sylvia Ahston) stripping him of his uniform. Print does have the main title and the company logo.~4. The Fay Tincher and Tod Browning roles are Italian, not Hispanic (he even calls her "his little wop") and are named Nita and Tony/Antone and not, as "Dark Carnival" has it, Nina and Pedro.~5. Edward Dillon, the creator of this film, died in 1933 - copyright expired.

Genre:

COMEDY

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

415

Format:

FILM

Location number:

D-0362

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

172931

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8006-0331

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

D-0362

Status:

PRT.ELEM
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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