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The Amateur Detective

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Wikipedia article




'The Amateur Detective' is a 1914 American silent short comedy directed by Carroll Fleming for the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film stars Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde and Muriel Ostriche.

Synopsis



Thanhouser literature describes it as "A laughable parody on Sherlock Holmes."

History and preservation status



This film represented a subgenre of detective parodies common to the era of the Nickelodeon. It is preserved in the AFI/Alfred Bruzzese collection; the surviving print is only a fragment, consisting of 240 feet of the original 990-foot running length.

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