The Jeweled Slippers (1913)
The detective agency with which John Street, a detective, is connected learns that a pair of jeweled slippers worth $50,000 is to be smuggled into the country. Street is detailed to track the smugglers. When Nance Rutherford is asked by Webb, her fiancé, to wear a certain pair of black slippers on landing, the full purport of the Marconigram her father received is made apparent to her. While the slippers do not show any trace of being anything but plain black slippers, they nevertheless are concealing a filigree of diamonds under their outer covering. Webb finds it necessary to ask his fiancée to do this when Eulalie, a Spanish dancing teacher, has refused him. Street is at the pier to meet the Rutherfords, and he cautions Nance to phone Webb to come tonight to get the slippers. At the home of the Rutherfords Street rips off the outer covering of the slippers and displays the diamonds. He requests Nance to stand with the slippers on where Webb will see her upon entering, while he and Rutherford retreat to a secluded spot. Webb reprimands her for her apparent carelessness and is about to take the slippers when he is captured by Webb and bound. The shock unnerves Nance. She decides not to take her dancing lessons from Eulalie, with whom she had made an appointment, and calls her on the wire. While the back of Nance is turned, the slippers, which had been placed on her dresser, attract the attention of an organ grinder's monkey, who steals one of them. The astonished organ grinder is examining the slipper when it is snatched from him by Eulalie, who has just arrived. Smith is informed that one of the slippers has been stolen, and, observing the organ grinder, comes to the conclusion that the monkey has stolen it. Just as Street comes out of the house the organ grinder is knocked down by Rutherford's machine and his organ smashed. Rutherford offers the Italian "hush" money, but the latter refuses and tells him that he had better go to the padrone, the owner of the instrument, to settle. Rutherford takes him in his auto to the den of the padrone. Street halls a taxicab and goes after the Italian. In the meantime, Duval, the leader of the smuggling gang, learns from Eulalie that Webb is bound. The husband of Eulalie, Goaquin, goes to the residence of the Rutherfords in the guise of a customs officer. In this attire he manages to secure the other slipper and also secures permission from Nance to take Webb away. At the padrone's den, the Italian organ grinder describes Eulalie to Street as being the person who snatched the slipper out of his hand. He immediately goes to the Rutherfords' home, where he learns all that transpired. Perceiving the whole state of affairs, Street hurries with aid to the den of the smugglers and captures all of them.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Oscar Eagle | Director |
| Gilson Willets | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Thomas Carrigan | |
| Frank Weed | |
| Maxwell Sargent | |
| Edwin Wallock |
