Chelsea 7750 (1913)
Drama | 20 September 1913
The film’s 20 Sep 1913 release was announced in that day’s editions of New York Clipper and Moving Picture News. Actor Martin Faust was credited with playing “the Son” by the Jan 1914 Motion Picture Story Magazine.
A review in the 3 Apr 1914 Var attributed much of the film’s entertainment value to renowned stage actor Henry E. Dixey, whose skill “bolsters up the feature when it begins to flop around like a chicken with its head cut off.” The title came from the telephone number of Dixey’s character, “Detective Kirby.”
Although most sources stated that the picture was comprised of four reels, the 4 Oct 1913 Motography listed only three.
According to the 4 Apr 1914 Motion Picture News, distribution in the state of New York was handled by the William L. Sherry Feature Film Co.
A sequel, titled An Hour Before Dawn, was released in late 1913, starring Laura Sawyer, reprising her role as “Kate Kirby,” and House Peters taking over the role of her father. It was followed by The Port of Doom (1913, see entry). Edison Mfg. Co. originally released two short Kate Kirby films called The Diamond Crown and On the Broad Stairway, starring Laura Sawyer, in Jul 1913, but the company did not carry forward with the series. According to the 22 Aug 1913 Var, Miss Sawyer, formerly known as “The Edison Girl,” left Edison and joined the Famous Players under J. Searle Dawley. ...
The film’s 20 Sep 1913 release was announced in that day’s editions of New York Clipper and Moving Picture News. Actor Martin Faust was credited with playing “the Son” by the Jan 1914 Motion Picture Story Magazine.
A review in the 3 Apr 1914 Var attributed much of the film’s entertainment value to renowned stage actor Henry E. Dixey, whose skill “bolsters up the feature when it begins to flop around like a chicken with its head cut off.” The title came from the telephone number of Dixey’s character, “Detective Kirby.”
Although most sources stated that the picture was comprised of four reels, the 4 Oct 1913 Motography listed only three.
According to the 4 Apr 1914 Motion Picture News, distribution in the state of New York was handled by the William L. Sherry Feature Film Co.
A sequel, titled An Hour Before Dawn, was released in late 1913, starring Laura Sawyer, reprising her role as “Kate Kirby,” and House Peters taking over the role of her father. It was followed by The Port of Doom (1913, see entry). Edison Mfg. Co. originally released two short Kate Kirby films called The Diamond Crown and On the Broad Stairway, starring Laura Sawyer, in Jul 1913, but the company did not carry forward with the series. According to the 22 Aug 1913 Var, Miss Sawyer, formerly known as “The Edison Girl,” left Edison and joined the Famous Players under J. Searle Dawley.
Detective Kirby, a paraplegic, discovers that his daughter is the prisoner of a band of counterfeiters led by the evil Professor Grimble, whose son is serving a twenty-year prison sentence based on Kirby’s evidence. Desperate in his helplessness, Kirby summons help by setting his own flat ablaze and is rescued by firemen. Later, Kirby’s daughter, Kate, manages to reach her father by telephone and taps out, in telegraphic code, a message describing her plight. In the end, she escapes, an explosion kills Grimble, and the police arrest the professor’s ...
Detective Kirby, a paraplegic, discovers that his daughter is the prisoner of a band of counterfeiters led by the evil Professor Grimble, whose son is serving a twenty-year prison sentence based on Kirby’s evidence. Desperate in his helplessness, Kirby summons help by setting his own flat ablaze and is rescued by firemen. Later, Kirby’s daughter, Kate, manages to reach her father by telephone and taps out, in telegraphic code, a message describing her plight. In the end, she escapes, an explosion kills Grimble, and the police arrest the professor’s cronies.
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