Thumb Prints and Diamonds (1914)
Daniel Storm, a millionaire diamond collector, purchases a famous gem. Dick Turner, a crook, reads of the purchase in the papers, and with his pal, Bob, plans a robbery. Turner visits Storm with a forged letter of introduction, and is welcomed by the millionaire because of his knowledge of diamonds. He is asked to stay at the mansion as a guest. Turner meets and is strongly attracted to Helen, Storm's daughter, who is in love with Frank Lewis, a private detective in Storm's employ, who occupies a front room in the house. Frank suspects Turner, but Storm refuses to take warning. Turner plans to rob the safe and throw suspicion on Frank. He has obtained a print from Frank's thumb, and having once been a counterfeiter, engraves a plaster duplicate. He phones Bob to be outside the library window to receive the jewels, but in the midst of the robbery Frank surprises Turner and covers him with a revolver. Bob steals through the window and overcomes Frank. He and Turner carry Frank to a vacant house nearby, where the detective is tied up and Turner returns to the library. He impresses the print of the plaster thumb on the diamond tray and leaves the contents of the safe in disorder. Then he returns to his room. Next morning the robbery is discovered and, by means of the print, Turner directs suspicion upon Frank. From the window of the vacant house Frank can see the porch of Storm's house and also Helen's window. Turner proposes to Helen on the porch, but she refuses. Her father favors his suit. Later, when Turner is pressing his attentions upon Helen, he drops the plaster thumb. Helen finds it. and realizes the truth. Turner discovers his loss, and returns to find Helen with it. He attempts to take it from her, but she escapes with it to her room. Turner breaks in the door. Frank sees their struggle from the window of the vacant house. He manages to free himself, and drops from the window. Storm, who has heard Helen's screams, comes into the room and grapples with Turner. The crook manages to throw him off, and escapes by the window just as Frank climbs to the porch roof. They struggle at the edge until Helen, coming to his assistance, strikes Turner with a flower pot. He releases Frank and topples from the roof to the ground. Helen, Frank and Storm descend and find Turner dead. Bob is captured with the stolen gems, and Storm bestows his blessings upon Frank and Helen.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph W. Smiley | Director |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry Myers | |
| Rosemary Theby | |
| Brinsley Shaw | |
| Bartley McCullum |
