1917SILENT FEATURE FILMS
WWI-ERA ESPIONAGE DRAMA WITH SEUSSE HAYAKAWA, JACK HOLT, FLORENCE VIDOR, MAYME KELSO, RAYMOND HATTON, CHARLES OLGE, MYRTLE STEDMAN. DIRECTED BY CECIL B. DEMILLE.
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VILLAIN (CHARLES OGLE) SEATED AT DINNER TABLE BETWEEN TWO WOMEN, LIGHTS CIGAR, DISTRACTS ONE OF THE WOMEN,
POURS CAPSULE INTO HER CUP OF TEA AS OTHER WOMAN (FLORENCE VIDOR) WATCHES, MAKES EXPRESSION OF AWE. |
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CIGAR SMOKING MAN HANDS PILL-LACED CUP OF TEA TO WOMAN. MAN AND OTHER WOMAN WATCH AS VICTIM SIPS TEA.
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JAPANESE MAN (HAYAKAWA) USES SKELETON KEY TO BREAK INTO APARTMENT. HE USES FLASHLIGHT TO SEARCH DARK APARTMENT
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WOMAN DRINKS LACED TEA BEGINS TO STAGGER, STANDS, STAGGERS AGAIN, IS HELPED BY MAN, WOMAN.
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ORIENTAL MAN PLANTS MICROPHONE IN HOLE OF OFFICE WALL.
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MAN (CHARLES OGLE) SECOND THOUGHTS, PUTS HAND ON WOMAN'S SHOULDER, THREATENS HER. FACIAL EXPRESSION OF FEAR.
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HAYAKAWA MEETS WOMAN (VIDAL) ON STEPS, SHOWS HER NOTE SHE TURNS TO GO, STAGGERS, HE GRABS HER BY SHOULDERS AS SHE IS ABOUT TO FAINTS.
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HAYAKAWA SITS AT DESK SPRAYS LETTER WITH ATOMIZER BOTTLE THEN USES OPENER TO OPEN LETTER.
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MAN AND ELDERLY WOMAN (MAN DRESSED IN DRAG), IN LAB SHOWS EXPRESSIONS OF SURPRISE, FEAR, SUSPICION.
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ELDERLY WOMAN (MAN IN DRAG) FORCES WOMAN IN BED TO DRINK FROM GLASS.
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MAN ENTERS OFFICE OF ARMY OFFICER (JACK HOLT) SPEAKS TO HIM AS SECRETARY WATCHES IN BKGD. WHEN OFFICER TURNS AWAY, MAN GESTURES TO WOMAN, NODS HEAD, TO MEET HIM OUTSIDE.
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JAPANESE MAN, FACE TO FACE WITH WOMAN. RAISES HAND WITH CLENCHED FIST, THEN POUNDS HIS CHEST TO MAKE A POINT.
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MAN KNEELING NEXT TO BED AND WOMAN (MAN IN DRAG)
QUESTION WOMAN IN BED. WHILE OTHER HOLDS HER HEAD. THEY TERRORIZE HER BY THREATENING TO INJECT HER WITH HYPODERMIC NEEDLE SHE FAINTS. MAN IN DRAG USES SMELLING SALTS TO REVIVE HER. |
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MAN AT DESK USING UPRIGHT PHONE. WOMAN STANDING, USING VINTAGE PHONE. (UPRIGHT TYPE)
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ARMY OFFICER (HOLT) TAKES SECRETARY (VIDAL) IN ARMS, PROPOSES, SHE REPELS HIM, WALKS AWAY.
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JAPANESE MAN SPEAKING TO AMERICAN WOMAN, SHOWS ROMANTIC INTEREST, SHE DRAWS AWAY, HE SHOWS GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.
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ARMY OFFICER HEARS SOUND COMING FROM CABINET, PUTS HIS EAR TO IT, OPENS IT, SEES ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING DEVICE.
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| 00:26:21 1479 |
WOMAN PLACING LETTER DOWN OFFICE MAIL CHUTE. LETTERS FROM UPPER FLOORS SEEN PASSING THROUGH
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| 00:27:03 1521 |
WOMAN GETTING INTO VINTAGE CAB (CIRCA 1917) ON BUSY CORNER. MAN IN VINTAGE CONVERTIBLE FOLLOWING.
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MAN CLIMBING UP TRELLIS TO UPPER PORCH OF HOUSE GLANCING AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY, KNOCKS OVER PLANT.
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JAPANESE MAN STRUGGLING WITH TALL WHITE MAN IN MEDICAL OFFICE, TALL MAN (VILLAIN) GRABS SCALPEL ON TABLE, BOTH MEN STRUGGLE VIOLENTLY OVER IT. JAPANESE MAN KILLS OPPONENT WITH SCALPEL.
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JAPANESE MAN APPROACHES WOMAN (VIDAL) IN HOUSE, WITH KNIFE HELD IN HAND BEHIND HIS BACK. SHE TRIES TO RUN, HE GRABS HER THEY STRUGGLE TO FLOOR, HE RAISES KNIFE TO STRIKE HER, SHE FAINTS. HE DECIDES TO SPARE HER LIFE.
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VILLAIN'S ACCOMPLICE DISCOVERS BODY LYING ON FLOOR.
HE HIDES BEHIND LOUVER DOORS, LOWERING LOUVERS. HOPING TO CATCH HIS CHIEFS' KILLER. PEEPING TOM |
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JAPANESE MAN STRUGGLING WITH WOMAN AS SHE TRIES TO RUN AWAY.
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ARMY OFFICER (JACK HOLT) PUNCHES HIS HAND THROUGH GLASS DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO LOCK INSIDE. HE REACHES IN OPENS DOOR.
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JAPANESE MAN GOES INTO ROOM TO EXAMINE BODY. MAN BEHIND SHUTTER SEES HIM, SNEAKS IN BEHIND HIM, THROWS KNIFE, KILLING HERO. DRAMATIC DEATH SCENE. KILLER CLIMBS DOWN TRELLIS FROM SECOND FLOOR IS CAPTURED BY POLICEMAN. KILLER SHOWS COCKINESS
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WOMAN (VIDAL) KNEELS OVER BODY DEAD MAN, SHOWS SORROW. TRANSPARENT FIGURE (SPIRIT) OF JAPANESE MAN, DRESSED AS SAMURAI HOLDING SWORD RISES FROM BODY OF HERO.
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OFFICER, WOMAN GO TO SEASHORE WATCH SHIP IN DISTANCE WITH BINOCULARS. CU AMERICAN FLAG AS SEEN THROUGH BINOCULARS. OFFICER HAMS IT UP, STANDS AT ATTENTION, SALUTES. SHE HANGS HEAD IN SHAME. HE GRABS HER HAND, HELPS HER SALUTE.
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