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Film, Video The society Raffles

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • The society Raffles

Summary

  • Opens on a set of a nicely-decorated living room, with a door stage left and a settee in front of an open window in the foreground. A middle-aged man with greying hair and a mustache, wearing formal evening clothes, enters the room, looks around, and seems relieved to find it empty. He crosses to the window and signals, and a roughly-dressed "tough" appears. The two men talk, apparently making plans, and then the bandit ducks out of sight as a couple enter the room. A younger man, also in a tuxedo, introduces a woman in a white gown and jeweled tiara, then leaves. The older man invites the woman to sit. As he takes her hand and appears to court her, he cleverly slips the tiara off her head and hands it out the window to his waiting accomplice. The thief kisses her on the cheek, then checks his pocketwatch, rises, and excuses himself. The woman follows him to the door, but as she walks back to the settee she sees the tough at the window examining the tiara. She clutches her head and screams, then swoons in a faint on the sofa as the bandit runs away.

Names

  • Dobson, F. A., camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.

Headings

  • -  Jewel thieves--Drama
  • -  Jewelry theft--Drama

Genre

  • Crime films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  H69578 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  The thief is loosely based on the fictional character A.J. Raffles, the gentleman thief, created by E.W. Hornung.
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 7Dec1905; H69578.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:48 at 17.94 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 3117.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0953) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 303-304; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 996; Biograph production logs, v. 2: 1903-1912.
  • -  Camera, F.A. Dobson.
  • -  Filmed November 24, 1905, in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (28 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3967 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2177 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1176 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7663 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1669 (master pos pic)
  • Box 011J (paper pos)
  • Box 5203F (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96521901

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Dobson, F. A., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. The society Raffles. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96521901/.

APA citation style:

Dobson, F. A., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1905) The society Raffles. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96521901/.

MLA citation style:

Dobson, F. A., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. The society Raffles. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96521901/>.