The Balance - The wonderful Old Bailey Scene from the great Strand Theatre Drama.

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
77
Date Released
23 Nov 1922
Length of issue (in feet)
890
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - extracts from "The Balance" at the Strand Theatre.
Pathe Intertitles - "The tense scene when the Prisoner, accused on circumstantial evidence, is tried for murder - the only link missing being the revolver which fired the fatal shots --"
"And inexorably the Judge sums up - and the jury retire --"
"Two hours later --"
""- guilty, my-Lord!""
""I swear before God I am not guilty of this crime --!""
""--- Mercy on your soul.""
"-and then the climax - the confession - and suicide of the real criminal with the missing revolver."
Researcher Comments
A handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.
Keywords
Performing arts
Locations
London; England
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   30 November 1922, p52.
Pathe Eve 41-79 Boxfile   Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
190

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Film Archive

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British Pathe Ltd
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Notes
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How to cite this record

'The Balance - The wonderful Old Bailey Scene from the great Strand Theatre Drama.', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 77, 23 Nov 1922. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/330862 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)