The Woman in Black (1914)

movie

Country: N/A
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1914-03-23
Director: Maurice Costello , Robert Gaillard
Writers: Frank Condon
Language: None | English
Stars: Maurice Costello , Mary Charleson , Gladden James
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Woman in Black (United States of America) , The Woman in Black , The Woman in Black (United Kingdom)
Plot: On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Dick Coles, a young idler, finds himself bored and in want of excitement. He goes to a fashionable restaurant, where he meets McFall, who is apparently on the same quest. They strike up an acquaintance, and McFall soon has three other lonesome ones in the party. The conversation touches the lack of romance in great cities. Coles chances to see a weeping female on the other side of the room. Excusing himself to the others, he goes over to her, makes her acquaintance and proffers his sympathy. She at first refuses his kindly assistance, but calls him over again and suggests that he and his friends help her by accompanying her in a taxi for a short distance. McFall is the only one who is apparently unwilling, but finally they laugh him into coming too. When they get out of the taxi and wait for her to come back from some point around the comer, they discover that they have been robbed. All vow vengeance. Coles determines to land the offender. At police headquarters she is identified from Coles' description and her game is recognized as an old one. Cole is informed that her next stop is likely to be Philadelphia. By chance he connects McFall with the woman, and though nearly thrown off the track for a time, he resorts to disguise and lands both the woman and McFall, her accomplice.
IMDB:tt0261417