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On the Broad Stairway
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Wikipedia article
'On The Broad Stairway', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 4. Works of Art, Etc. New Series By Library of Congress. Copyright Office 1913 pg. 277 The film was the second of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced in 1913 before Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison to continue the series later that year with the Famous Players Film Company. 'On The Broad Stairway' was released in the United States on July 19, 1913.The Moving Picture World, Volume 18, Issues 1-7 1913 pg. 360The Moving Picture World, Volume 17, Issues 1-6 1913 pg.537
Plot
Described as "Being another of 'Kate Kirby's Cases,' a series of detective stories", the plot summary in 'The Edison Kinetogram' was:
==Cast
*May Abbey as Marguerite Osborn, the bride's older sister
*Robert Brewer as Inspector Dalton
*Bigelow Cooper as Philip Morton, the groom
*Bessie Learn as Alice Osborn, the bride
*Charles Ogle as Kate's father, an ex-detective
*Laura Sawyer as Detective Kate Kirby
Review
'The Moving Picture World'
Kate Kirby's cases*'The Diamond Crown'. (Edison 1913)
*'On the Broad Stairway'. (Edison 1913)
*'The Substitute Stenographer'. (Edison 1913)
*'Chelsea 7750'. (Famous Players - 1913)
*'An Hour Before Dawn'. (Famous Players - 1913)
*'The Port of Doom'. (Famous Players - 1913)
Sources==
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