Easy Pickings (1927)
61 mins | Melodrama, Mystery | 20 February 1927
Director:
George ArchainbaudWriters:
Louis Stevens, Paul A. Cruger, William A. BurtonProducer:
Frank GriffinCinematographer:
Charles Van EngerProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.Var reviewed the film twice, based on screenings at different New York City theaters, but credits and plot information are essentially the same. Some contemporary sources indicated that Paul A. Cruger and William A. Burton's original story may, at one time, have been intended as a play. ...
Var reviewed the film twice, based on screenings at different New York City theaters, but credits and plot information are essentially the same. Some contemporary sources indicated that Paul A. Cruger and William A. Burton's original story may, at one time, have been intended as a play.
Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores. Mary's companion, Tony, is pulled into a secret passage; Van Horne's body disappears; Remus, the colored servant, sees a black-hooded figure; the lights go off and on; and a detective is the object of many hoaxes perpetrated by the mysterious figure. When the figure (played alternately by Tony and Dr. Naylor) discloses the features of Van Horne, he frightens a confession from Stewart, then discloses himself as Peter's "chauffeur." Peter discovers that Mary deserves a part of the fortune and convinces her of his ...
Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewart, who catches Mary Ryan burglarizing the Van Horne home, induces her to pose as Dolores. Mary's companion, Tony, is pulled into a secret passage; Van Horne's body disappears; Remus, the colored servant, sees a black-hooded figure; the lights go off and on; and a detective is the object of many hoaxes perpetrated by the mysterious figure. When the figure (played alternately by Tony and Dr. Naylor) discloses the features of Van Horne, he frightens a confession from Stewart, then discloses himself as Peter's "chauffeur." Peter discovers that Mary deserves a part of the fortune and convinces her of his love.
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