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The Amateur Detective

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The Amateur Detective
Directed byCarroll Fleming
StarringCarey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde, Muriel Ostriche
Production
company
Distributed byMutual Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 6, 1914 (1914-12-06)
Running time
1 reel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Amateur Detective is a 1914 American silent short comedy directed by Carroll Fleming for the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film stars Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde and Muriel Ostriche.

Synopsis

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Thanhouser literature describes it as "A laughable parody on Sherlock Holmes."[1]

History and preservation status

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This film represented a subgenre of detective parodies common to the era of the Nickelodeon.[2] It is preserved in the AFI/Alfred Bruzzese collection;[3] the surviving print is only a fragment, consisting of 240 feet of the original 990-foot running length.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com".
  2. ^ "American Film Cycles: The Silent Era". Archived from the original on 2010-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  3. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
  4. ^ "The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com".
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