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Getting Evidence, Showing the Trials and Tribulations of a Private Detective
(1906) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 930 feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 8 October 1906 by Thomas A. Edison [H83561, H83562, H83563, H83564, H83565, H83566, H83567, H83568, H83569, H83570, H83571, H83572]. Released October 1906. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 20-24 September 1906.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Beaches - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Photography - Swimsuits - Water

Listing updated: 1 December 2009.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 43, 47, 77, 82, 126 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.