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  • The Diamond Necklace (1909)
  • Short | Short, Drama, Mystery
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The Diamond Necklace (1909)
Short | Short, Drama, Mystery
Hallett, a stock speculator, urgently needs $10,000, and he borrows that sum from his friend Bradford, giving as security for the loan the famous Hallett diamond necklace, valued at $50,000. The necklace is placed in Bradford's safe. A ...See moreHallett, a stock speculator, urgently needs $10,000, and he borrows that sum from his friend Bradford, giving as security for the loan the famous Hallett diamond necklace, valued at $50,000. The necklace is placed in Bradford's safe. A week passes. Hallett calls, prepared to pay the loan, and demands his diamond necklace. Bradford goes to the safe, takes out the case, and Hallett opens it. The necklace is not there. Bradford and his wife are astonished and Hallett, furious, tells Bradford that unless the necklace is in his hands by the following day he will turn the matter over to the police. Bradford sends to New York for a detective. The detective sees the butler place a note under a vase. The detective reads the note, which is to the French maid, asking her to meet the butler in the woods. On the trail! We see the detective following the butler through the woods; the butler with a mysterious air hands the maid a package. The detective draws his handcuffs, creeps nearer. The maid opens the box and takes from it some candy. Midnight. Bradford is in despair. To-morrow will bring disgrace. The detective is baffled. Suddenly footsteps are heard. The two men hide. A figure in white enters the library. It is Bradford's wife. She is walking in her sleep. The two men see her go to the library safe, then, as if remembering something, she goes out into the garden. She searches about the roots of a large plant, and placing something in the bosom of her robe, she goes back into the house, followed by her husband and the detective. The sleeping woman opens the safe, places the diamond necklace into the case, locks the safe and goes out. Bradford runs to the safe, opens it, takes out the case, sees the necklace, and he and the detective collapse in surprise. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Sep 8, 1909
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Sep 8, 1909 (United States)

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