A Girl at Bay


1919

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 28, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Vitagraph Co. of America
Distribution Company
Vitagraph Co. of America
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Hunt the Woman" by Joseph Gollomb (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Mary Allen drops a blood-stained knife. Judge Robert Craigin's dead body lies next to her. Mary secures a secretarial position with Judge Bruce Craigin, the dead man's younger brother. Professor Galt, a criminal psychologist, and Detective Hooker believe Mary to have committed the crime. Craigin and Mary fall in love and are married. Galt persuades Craigin to let Mary furnish their new home because a clue to the solving of the murder is the artistic furnishings of the room in which the murder victim was found. The similarity between the decor of the house and the crime room convinces Craigin that Mary murdered his brother. Thomas Gray confesses to the crime, however. He had been in the room waiting to avenge his wife's wrongs on Craigin. When Craigin attacked Mary, she lifted her paper-knife and fainted, and Gray killed Craigin, leaving the murder weapon in Mary's hand. Mary and Bruce find happiness together.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 28, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Vitagraph Co. of America
Distribution Company
Vitagraph Co. of America
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Hunt the Woman" by Joseph Gollomb (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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