The Empty Cab
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Douglas Gerrard
Director
Franklyn Farnum
Henry Egbert Xerxes
Eileen Percy
The girl
Harry De More
Ramsey, the city editor
Frank Brownlee
"Big Ed"
Harry Lindsey
The bartender
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
6,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Country
United States
Synopsis
Henry Egbert Xerxes' big chance as a cub reporter comes when he is assigned to track down a gang of counterfeiters which gathers regularly at the Red Dog Inn. As he leaves the office, Henry witnesses a girl being dragged into a cab -- the same girl he had seen that morning passing counterfeit money. Henry follows, but on overtaking the cab, he finds it empty. At the Red Dog Inn, he discovers that the girl is being held captive. After a series of rough and tumble adventures with the resident thugs, he and the girl escape, after which he rushes home to write up the story. When it fails to appear in print, Henry storms into the city room only to discover that the entire business was a hoax, intended to test his reporter's instincts.
Director
Douglas Gerrard
Director
Cast
Franklyn Farnum
Henry Egbert Xerxes
Eileen Percy
The girl
Harry De More
Ramsey, the city editor
Frank Brownlee
"Big Ed"
Harry Lindsey
The bartender
Fred Kelsey
The detective
Film Details
Release Date
Jul
6,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
Country
United States
