Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture. Lane goes up to the mountains to try out his new contraption. When a recluse refuses to let him spend the night in his cabin, Lane goes to sleep out of doors, with the camera set up near by. In the middle of the night, he is awakened by the flash and the sound of gunshots. Trekking back to his own cabin the next day, he develops the picture, which is of a girl holding a rifle. He returns to the recluse's cabin where he is arrested for murder.
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12 people
Dorothy Phillips
Delice Brixton
Also in
Broadway Love
The Heart of Humanity
William Stowell
Jack Lane
Also in
Broadway Love
The Heart of Humanity
Ida May Park
King D. Gray
Lon Chaney
Henry Norton / Porter Brixton
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Unknown
Albert Treynor
Alfred Allen
John Peterson
Also in
White Tiger
The Grub Stake
George Berrell
Barclay (as George Burrell)
Also in
Straight Shooting
Pollyanna
Evelyn Selbie
Mrs. Barclay
Also in
Eternal Love
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Clyde Benson
Deputy
Also in
The Virgin of Stamboul
The Mystery of Dead Man's Isle
Orin Jackson
Howard, Jack Lane's servant (as O.C. Jackson)
Also in
Baseball Madness
Danger Ahead
Mark Fenton
Judge
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Ida May Park Director · Albert Treynor Story King D. Gray Cinematographer
United States release May 21, 1917 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Bluebird Photoplays
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · May 21, 1917
Theatrical
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