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The Amateur Detective is a 1914 American silent short comedy directed by Carroll Fleming for the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film stars Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde and Muriel Ostriche.

The Amateur Detective
Directed by	Carroll Fleming
Starring	Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde, Muriel Ostriche
Production company	Thanhouser Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film Corporation
Release date	December 6, 1914 (1914-12-06)
Running time	1 reel
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

Thanhouser literature describes it as "A laughable parody on Sherlock Holmes."[1]

History and preservation status

This film represented a subgenre of detective parodies common to the era of the Nickelodeon.[2] It is preserved in the AFI/Alfred Bruzzese collection;[3] the surviving print is only a fragment, consisting of 240 feet of the original 990-foot running length.[4]

References

External links

• The Amateur Detective at IMDb
• Silent Era Database Entry
• American Film Cycles: The Silent Era Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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- [en] The Amateur Detective

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[ru] The Amateur Detective

«The Amateur Detective» — американский короткометражный комедийный фильм Кэрролл Флеминг[1].

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