The Evidence of the Film

The Evidence of the Film was a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood. Only 15 minutes long it is a film about a messenger boy at a film studio is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. He is saved by his sister, a film cutter who comes across some footage of her brother inadvertently walking into a location shot and being knocked down by the real-life villain.... more

The Evidence of the Film was a 1913 American silent short crime film directed by Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser starring William Garwood. Only 15 minutes long it is a film about a messenger boy at a film studio is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. He is saved by his sister, a film cutter who comes across some footage of her brother inadvertently walking into a location shot and being knocked down by the real-life villain. It stars William Garwood and Florence LaBadie. The only known copy of this film was rediscovered in 1999 on the floor of the projection booth in a Superior, Montana movie theater. In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. less