Film, Video A touching pleading Emouvant plaidoirie / Special effects reel
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Title
- A touching pleading
Other Title
- Emouvant plaidoirie
- Special effects reel
Summary
- A lawyer, pleading by the side of his client, bursts into tears with emotion and embraces the sobbing prisoner, who, while in this position, neatly steals the lawyer's watch and chain.
Names
- Pathé frères (France)
- S. Lubin (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.)
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Created / Published
- United States : Lubin ; American Mutoscope and Biograph, 1906.
Headings
- - Pickpockets--Humor
- - Defense (Criminal procedure)--Humor
Genre
- Comedy films
- Legal films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - Originally released in France by Pathé frères in 1905.
- - End title lacking.
- - Part of summary from American Film Institute online catalog.
- - Pathé no. 1300.
- - Copy 1 is on one reel with five other films. Preceded by La poule phénomène. Followed by [Story of Christ], Liliputian dance, The enchanted glasses, and The golden beetle.
- - Copy 2 is on one reel with copy 2 of La poule phénomène.
- - The digital file and Betacam SP were made from the viewing print, copy 1 (FBC 7678).
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Digital files viewed.
- - Sources used: American Film Institute online catalog; Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1896 à 1906, p. 914.
Medium
- viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (52 sec.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- VRA 1876 (viewing copy)
- FBC 7678 (viewing print)
- FAC 1315 (viewing print, copy 2)
Source Collection
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2006640663
Online Format
- video