A father's lie, a killer's confession, and one very bad apartment tour.
Cyrus Braidwood has a secret. His daughter Helen isn't actually his daughter--her father is a murderer, and Braidwood has been raising her as his own because he has her father's written confession hidden. One day her father manages to get ahold of the confession. Helen shows up at his apartment looking for it, which culminates in her and a young man she meets there being taken prisoner by a criminal gang.
Acting
Marcella Daly's wide-eyed panic sells every ridiculous twist.
Direction
Dell Henderson crams a miniseries of plot into 50 minutes.
Director
Dell Henderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marcella Daly was credited as 'Dorothy Drew' here—studio name changes were rampant in 1925, and nobody could keep track.
This is peak 'race against time' silent cinema: multiple reels of escalating jeopardy designed to keep audiences from leaving between shorts.
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