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  • The Witness Invisible (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Witness Invisible (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
George Neville, son of Professor Henry Neville, an eminent professor of medicine, received a letter from Hedda, a former flame, reminding him of past promises. Neville, meeting Hedda, tells her that his engagement to marry another girl ...See moreGeorge Neville, son of Professor Henry Neville, an eminent professor of medicine, received a letter from Hedda, a former flame, reminding him of past promises. Neville, meeting Hedda, tells her that his engagement to marry another girl quite interferes with Hedda's plans, but that he will adhere to his word to make an experiment in manufacturing artificial diamonds, which experiment, by its publicity, will be of great aid to her. Elvira, a famous dancer, is playing at the same theater, and she and her manager are angered by the publicity given to Hedda through the heralded scientific endeavor. Elvira, noticing that a mysterious masked man (Neville) has several times visited Hedda's dressing room, determines upon discovering his identity. Hedda is waiting for Neville to come to her with the final solution for hardening the artificial gems when she is alarmed by the arrival of an attendant bearing the visiting card of Professor Neville. George arrives. Warning Hedda not to allow a vial of powder to get into connection with a powerful acid lying in a shallow pan, he is nearly finished when he is startled by seeing his father's card. He attempts to flee. Begging him to complete the experiment, she struggles with him and in so doing upsets the acid into the powder. A revolver lying on the table is exploded and Hedda falls dead across a couch. Professor Neville and several other men of science had been knocking at Hedda's door. Hearing the shot, they all rush in, to find the actress dead, and to see a man running down the fire escape. In the dead girl's hand is found a locket, wrenched from the chain of the man with whom Hedda had struggled. It contains the photograph of George Neville. George is arrested at his home. Professor Neville begs permission to interview him alone. George, stumbling into the laboratory, overturns a vial of chloroform. He falls. His father enters. Suicide? The Commissioner of Police enters, and thinking George is dead by his own hand, goes away. Shall he allow his son to die? Shall he give him back to life as a felon? A Spartan father is the professor. He telephones for the police and revives the boy, who comes back to consciousness to find himself a Prisoner. The police, unconvinced of George's guilt, begin an investigation. How the truth was found presents a train of intensely interesting incidents, revelation rather to be seen than written. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Jul 1914 (United States)

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