Betsy's Burglar (1917)
Betsy's Burglar (1917)
A drama of mystery and adventure -- of plot and counterplot -- of love triumphant.
Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a delivery boy for a local grocer. One day a mysterious character named Harry Brent takes a room at the boarding house. Harry, seeing that Betsy is falling for his rather shady charms, persuades her to help him get a box of jewels owned by the Jaspers, an elderly couple who lives across the hall. It turns out that Harry is not quite who he seems; neither, however, are the Jaspers.

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Cast

Constance  Talmadge Constance Talmadge As: Betsy Harlow
Kenneth Harlan Kenneth Harlan As: Harry Brent
Monte Blue Monte Blue As: Victor Gilpin
Joseph Singleton Joseph Singleton As: Jasper Dunn
Josephine Crowell Josephine Crowell As: Mrs. Dunn
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Storyline

Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a delivery boy for a local grocer. One day a mysterious character named Harry Brent takes a room at the boarding house. Harry, seeing that Betsy is falling for his rather shady charms, persuades her to help him get a box of jewels owned by the Jaspers, an elderly couple who lives across the hall. It turns out that Harry is not quite who he seems; neither, however, are the Jaspers.


Tagline: A drama of mystery and adventure -- of plot and counterplot -- of love triumphant.
Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Language: No Language

Release Date: 04 March 1917

Country: US

Runtime: 50m

Company Credits

Company: Fine Arts Film Company

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Cast

Constance  Talmadge

Constance Talmadge

Betsy Harlow

Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Harry Brent

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Victor Gilpin

Joseph Singleton

Joseph Singleton

Jasper Dunn

Josephine Crowell

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Dunn

Clyde E. Hopkins

Clyde E. Hopkins

Oscar Schlitz (as Clyde Hopkins)

Hal Wilson

Hal Wilson

James

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

Mrs. Randall

Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln

Directed By

Paul Powell

Paul Powell

Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Supervising Producer

Edited By

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

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Visual Effects

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Camera

John W. Leezer

John W. Leezer

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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