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Film, Video A touching pleading French title from Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914: Emouvant plaidoirie / Collective title from MAVIS: Special effects reel

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • A touching pleading

Other Title

  • French title from Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914: Emouvant plaidoirie
  • Collective title from MAVIS: Special effects reel

Summary

  • A lawyer, pleading by the side of his client, bursts into tears with emotion and embraces the sobbing prisoner, who, while in this position, neatly steals the lawyer's watch and chain.

Names

  • Pathé frères (France)
  • S. Lubin (Firm : Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Created / Published

  • United States : Lubin ; American Mutoscope and Biograph, 1906.

Headings

  • -  Pickpockets--Humor
  • -  Defense (Criminal procedure)--Humor

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Legal films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Originally released in France by Pathé frères in 1905.
  • -  End title lacking.
  • -  Part of summary from American Film Institute online catalog.
  • -  Pathé no. 1300.
  • -  Copy 1 is on one reel with five other films. Preceded by La poule phénomène. Followed by [Story of Christ], Liliputian dance, The enchanted glasses, and The golden beetle.
  • -  Copy 2 is on one reel with copy 2 of La poule phénomène.
  • -  The digital file and Betacam SP were made from the viewing print, copy 1 (FBC 7678).
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: American Film Institute online catalog; Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1896 à 1906, p. 914.

Medium

  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (52 sec.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VRA 1876 (viewing copy)
  • FBC 7678 (viewing print)
  • FAC 1315 (viewing print, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006640663

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Pathé Frères, S. Lubin, and American Mutoscope And Biograph Company. A Touching Pleading. United States: Lubin ; American Mutoscope and Biograph, 1906. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006640663/.

APA citation style:

Pathé Frères, S. Lubin & American Mutoscope And Biograph Company. (1906) A Touching Pleading. United States: Lubin ; American Mutoscope and Biograph. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006640663/.

MLA citation style:

Pathé Frères, S. Lubin, and American Mutoscope And Biograph Company. A Touching Pleading. United States: Lubin ; American Mutoscope and Biograph, 1906. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006640663/>.