Name: Apartment 29
Released: 1917
Cast: Earle Williams, Ethel Grey Terry, Denton Vane, L. Johnston, Billie Billings

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Apr 9, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Vitagraph Co. of America

Distribution Company

Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.)

Country

United States

Synopsis

Drama critic Stanley Ormsby pans the first performance of the play An Arabian Night for being too improbable and refuses playwright Bobby Davis' plea to reconsider the review. The next day, Ormsby is assigned to interview an opera singer at her apartment. As he enters the building, he sees a woman apparently fall dead in front of apartment 29. Carrying her into the apartment, he discovers the dead body of her husband. The police arrive and accuse him of the murders, and Ormsby flees. Davis, a resident of the same building, offers him refuge in the wardrobe trunk of a girl he calls his friend's "wife." Unable to stand the strain, the girl finally confesses that she is not a friend's wife but a murderess. The two escape, but are attacked by thugs and then captured by the police. Davis then admits that he framed the critic to convince him that the actions in his play were realistic. Proven wrong, Ormsby rewrites his criticism and marries the girl.