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The Slip
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Otis B. Thayer (Otis Thayer)
Cast: Billy Emerson (W.D. Emerson) [Harold Sinclair], Edgar G. Wynn [Tom Harvey, the office boy], Rex de Rosselli (Rex Rosselli) [George Hopkins, Sinclair’s partner], Winifred Greenwood [Minna Hopkins, Sinclair’s partner], William Stowell [Inspector Jones of the Secret Service], John Price (John T. Prince) [Lieutenant Clancy of the Secret Service], Frank Lawler [Secret Service Agent Smith], Frank Masch [Secret Service Agent Jones], Harry Lonsdale [Secret Service Agent O’Rourke], George L. Cox [Glidden, secretary to Inspector Jones], Pearl Summers [Grace, the office girl], Walter McCollough [Zet Maiston, the victim]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by William V. Mong. / Released 14 March 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Harold Sinclair, a “get-rich-quick” promoter, and his silent partners, George and Mina Hopkins, are doing a flourishing business in bogus stocks. However, such flourishing conditions cannot last long in the bunco business, and Sinclair finds this out when Zet Maiston, a victim, exposes the oily tongued promoter to the post office authorities. Sinclair’s offices are surrounded by secret service men and plans are made to capture Sinclair and his aides. Sinclair, an old hand at dodging detectives, almost makes good his “get-away,” but through the agency of inevitable fate, the bloodhounds of the law finally overtake and capture the trio.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 October 2023.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 86 : Website-IMDb.
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