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  • The Blood Stain (1912)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Blood Stain (1912)
Short | Short, Drama
A young designer is at work on an important sketch and all he requires for its proper completion is a masonic emblem. He is about to give up his work temporarily and take advantage of an invitation to attend a week-end party. Before he ...See moreA young designer is at work on an important sketch and all he requires for its proper completion is a masonic emblem. He is about to give up his work temporarily and take advantage of an invitation to attend a week-end party. Before he leaves, however, the agent of the studio building enters and presents a bill for rent. The artist pays his rent and while he watches the agent making out a receipt, he spies a masonic emblem dangling from the agent's watch fob. The artist borrows the masonic charm, while the agent promises to return for it after he has made other collections. The agent next visits a chemist, whose laboratory is located immediately above those of the artist. The chemist is busy on an analysis of blood. Some of the blood he pours into a graduated glass and places it in a cupboard. The chemist absent-mindedly pays his rent, pursues his chemical investigations and later closes up shop. In the meanwhile the artist has sketched the masonic design, and then hurriedly leaves to catch a train and keep his appointment for the weekend, forgetting to return the masonic emblem he had borrowed in his haste to get away. The agent on his way downstairs, meets "Butcher Bill," a thug, who tries to attack him. In backing away from the thug, the agent falls down a flight of stairs, cracks his skull and dies immediately, while Big Bill robs him and makes a get-away. The blood in the cupboard of the chemist's laboratory is upset by a rat. The blood gradually makes its way down the side of the wall, through the floor and ceiling of the artist's studio below and the drops stain the artist's working coat. Immediately after the agent's supposed murder is discovered, detectives come on the scene and after their hurried investigations decide that the artist is guilty. The artist is traced to the railroad station, is arrested and then detained in prison. The Eagle, a metropolitan newspaper, assigns one of its best men on the ease. The reporter makes investigations on his own hook and soon solves the mystery. He is aided by "Jim the Rat," a thug. Everything is cleared up and "Butcher Bill" gets his. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Alice Guy
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Updated Aug 14, 1912
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Aug 14, 1912 (United States)

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Billy Quirk primary photo
Billy Quirk
The Star Reporter The Star Reporter   See fewer
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