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  • A Million in Pearls (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
A Million in Pearls (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Anne Harris, confidence worker, goes to a first class jewelry store and selects several pearl necklaces. She requests Mr. Goldsmith, the jeweler, to bring these jewels to Dr. Johnson, of whom she pretends to be the wife, so that he may ...See moreAnne Harris, confidence worker, goes to a first class jewelry store and selects several pearl necklaces. She requests Mr. Goldsmith, the jeweler, to bring these jewels to Dr. Johnson, of whom she pretends to be the wife, so that he may choose among the quantity, as he wishes to make her a present. She then goes to Dr. Johnson, an alienist, and tells him, with tears in her eyes, that her husband has had dangerous symptoms of lunacy, and that it is necessary that he should be put under the care of a specialist. "To induce him to come here," she says, "I had to tell him that you wished to see some jewels. He is on his way now, bringing the jewels with him." Mr. Goldsmith, the jeweler, is announced. Dr. Johnson shows the would-be Mrs. Goldsmith into an adjoining room. Goldsmith enters with a casket under his arm. Two attendants seize him, put him into a straitjacket and drag him away. Dr. Johnson then comes back with the casket. The pretended Mrs. Goldsmith comes out. She thanks the doctor and is about to leave when the doctor calls her back and gives the casket which she was pretending to forget. She takes it and departs. Her car is waiting outside, with her husband, an accomplice. Concerned about his long absence, the real Mrs. Goldsmith visits Dr. Johnson. He has his new patient brought in. The doctor realizes that he has been duped and when he tries to explain the jeweler accuses him of being an accomplice. Dr. Johnson is arrested. Detective Dungan, on his way to the doctor's home, gets a glimpse of Anne Harris, who is driving by. He recognizes her as an old offender and has her followed by another detective, who jumps on the back of her cab. When the pair stop in front of an inn to repair a tire, the detective jumps off, and going into the inn, phones headquarters. Emerging from the inn, he is just in time to see the Harrises driving off. Dungan arrives in his machine. There is a chase, matching of wits, and one detective nearly loses his life in attempting to bring the thieves to bay. But the law triumphs in the end; the thieves are captured and Dr. Johnson is cleared of suspicion. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Monte M. Katterjohn (story)
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Updated May 15, 1914
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May 15, 1914 (United States)

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Walter Miller
Detective Dungan Detective Dungan   See fewer
King of the Wild (1931)
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Irene Wallace
Anne Harris Anne Harris   See fewer
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