An Affair of Three Nations


1915

Brief Synopsis

Ashton-Kirk, a wealthy young detective who delights in solving mysteries involving ancient tablets, forgotten books, documents and treaties, is asked by Stella Morse, the secretary and niece of Dr. Morse, to investigate the origin of mysterious letters threatening the physician's life. Ashton-Kirk ...

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 22, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John Thomas McIntyre (Philadelphia, 1910).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Ashton-Kirk, a wealthy young detective who delights in solving mysteries involving ancient tablets, forgotten books, documents and treaties, is asked by Stella Morse, the secretary and niece of Dr. Morse, to investigate the origin of mysterious letters threatening the physician's life. Ashton-Kirk learns from the Secretary of State that the head of the Japanese spy network in Washington offered the dissolute son of Russian Count Drevonoff a large sum of money to steal a copy of a secret treaty conducted between Russia and the United States during the Russo-Japanese War. The count, who discovered the treaty in his son's possession, was thought to have stolen it and sent to war in disgrace. Dr. Morse, who treated the injured count at the front, unwittingly obtained the document. Although Dr. Morse is subsequently killed, Ashton-Kirk proves that the murder was accidentally committed by Nanon, the housekeeper. Ashton-Kirk then secures the copy of the treaty and safely delivers it to the Secretary of State, thus averting war between the United States and Japan.

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 22, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by John Thomas McIntyre (Philadelphia, 1910).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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