In the Name of the Law
Brief Synopsis
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In 1922 Honus Wagner expanded his entertainment repertoire by catching baseballs dropped from the top of the ten-story city-county building in Pittsburgh while hundreds of people watched and cameras rolled. Pittsburgh Police Superintendent and former professional ball player John C. Calhoun dropped three balls more than 150 feet to a waiting Wagner who was able to snare the first and third "pitches". The film of the stunt was later shown at the Carnegie Theatre as a prologue entitled "In the Name of the Law".
Cast & Crew
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Emory Johnson
Director
Ben Alexander
Harry O'Hara, aged 9
Josephine Adair
Mary, aged 6
Johnny Thompson
Johnnie O'Hara, aged 8
Jean Adair
Child
Ralph Lewis
Patrick O'Hara
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
20,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 9 Jul 1922
Production Company
Emory Johnson Productions
Distribution Company
Film Booking Offices of America
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,126ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
A law student, the son of a respected San Francisco policeman, is falsely accused by his landlord of theft. In an attempt to repay the debt, the family is led through a set of occurrences culminating when the father unknowingly shoots his other son during a bank robbery. All is unraveled in a final courtroom scene.
Director
Emory Johnson
Director
Cast
Ben Alexander
Harry O'Hara, aged 9
Josephine Adair
Mary, aged 6
Johnny Thompson
Johnnie O'Hara, aged 8
Jean Adair
Child
Ralph Lewis
Patrick O'Hara
Claire Mcdowell
Mrs. O'Hara
Ella Hall
Mary, aged 18
Emory Johnson
Harry O'Hara, aged 22
Johnnie Walker
Johnnie O'Hara, aged 20
Richard Morris
Mr. Lucas
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Aug
20,
1922
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 9 Jul 1922
Production Company
Emory Johnson Productions
Distribution Company
Film Booking Offices of America
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,126ft
(7 reels)
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Notes
Copyright records give the policeman's family name as O'Hare.
