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''The Barnstormer in the Photoplay'' is an American silent movie released in 1910. Black & White.

Survival status: unknown.

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== Cast ==

* '''Sherlock Carter''' : unknown
* '''Nick Holmes''' : unknown

== Plot summary ==

* The Moving Picture World, 12 november 1910, p. 1011

[[File:TMPW-1910-07-12-p1103.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Moving Picture World, 12 november 1910, p. 1103]]
Hushl Curses! S'deathl I saw :i melodrama Monday
at the Fourteenth Str< . and the tales we b
um<1 to read, "Search \:1,| Hall bo "Ruddj
thumb, tin- Red handed \ i tin- Mam," were not in
it witli tins photoplay. It wem tins w
In ;> villain, di and all. IB- approaches
a,New York mansion, accompanied bj two ruffians The ruffians
secrete themselves at either side "i tin- brown Bton<
entrance steps, where the servants ami others going in ami
out of the basement never look. "Jin- classy villain mounts
tin- step-,, nii^ ami is admitted. Hi- really liv<
Nickel's hovel, l>nt In- must have tin- l).n
These villains get into New York BOciety without any |
Me. Social aspirants from out "i town should study
play. Simply immnt tin- steps, ring tin- bell and walk in.
Now We get a glimpse of In ty, ami it is tin
thing. It walks around aimlessly and looks as though it had
on tin- best stage money could purchase, though if
what nervous and awkward in such unaccustomed finery.
Arch villain enters, bows as though he was ducking li
head Ovei a plate of Boup and kisses each lady's hand. Then
In- looks around. The way lie rolls ln> eyes would make
you shiver. They are perfectly awful. The reason lie rolls
those fierce eyes is because tin- villainess is dure lie shoots
a wireless message at her <>nt of those dreadful eyes. She
understands, lie must have the Danver's jewels. She gives
him a meaning look. The decollete adventuress is also from
that finishing school for high society, tin- rag-picker's hovel
She goe8 out and comes right hack with the jewels. They
were left in some handy place. The moment I saw how easyit
was, [ made up my mind to try it. But how was tinvillain
to get away with the loot? Now you commence to
study out how you would do it and you begin to grasp the
villain's wonderful foresight in bringing the two ruffians. }!<•
puts the jewels in a bag and goes to the window. Outside,
the two ruffians are Johnnies on the spot. They are waiting
for the swag. Inside, the villain leans on the windowsill
which the housemaid forgot to dust. They show you
the dust on his sleeve in a big picture. Perhaps you don't
understand, but, right there, while he was dropping the swag
out to his pals, when he leaned his elbow on the sill, hemade
the mistake of his life. The loss of the jewels is discovered.
The villain looks as innocent as the colored boy
who said, "I haint seen yer chickens." but Papa Danvcr
telephones to police headquarters. The police moved so
ouickly that I suspected the operator of whirling the reel
Two detectives appear at the house, Sherlock Carter and
Xick Holmes. Sherlock Carter, the handsome guy, is given
a dress suit by Papa Danver, and it fits the detective as
though it was made for him, then he is introduced to the
guests. The very first thin? he notices is the dust on the
sleeve. That is enough for him. Any man with dust on his
sleeve is a villain at heart. Although Sehrlock Carter has
all the evidence needed to indicate who stole the jewels,
he bides his time. After the ball is over, the villain leaves
the mansion unscarched and hands the adventuress into a
cab. The moment he gets in, the two detectives hold up the
cabby and make him chancre clothes with Sherlock Carter
Why this act of daring, right there in the street? Because
Sherlock Carter knows that the undusted villain must have
had accomplices, and he must trace the Danver's jewels tthe
den of thieves. We are transported to the ratr-picker'-
den. What a tough bunch, all but the rag-picker's beautiful
daughter! I couldn't help feeling sorry for her. Tn spite
of unfavorable environment and hereditary tendencies of
doubtful value, the rag-picker's daughter was a true-hearted
girl. The gang welcomes the society thief and the elccran'
adventuress, then they step aside to let the detective slip
in and hide behind a barrel. That foolhardy act couv^s near
costing him his life. The moment the jewels arc shown, he
steps forth with two guns and tries to point them at a half
dozen people at the same time. Bing! Some fellow gives
it to him in the back. Down he goes, and they sew him
up in a sack. Then the villain and the ruffians and the
adventuress and the rag-picker =tep out to give the beautiful
daughter a chance to do her noble act. She releases Sherlock
Carter, then, instead of beating it. she feels that she owes
a duty to the homicidal gang. She gets in the sack and the
man she has saved sews her up in it. Could anything be
more noble? By Jimminy. when you think of the sacrifices
women make for men they never saw before in their lives,
you cannot wonder that we call them "antrel eyes" and
"lovey dovey." The gansr carries her to the river and swing
the bag once. Great heavens! Supposing that one of them,
by mere accident, should let his hand slip! It would be all

over with the rag-picker's beautiful daughter. The water is
real. They swing her two times. We know the next will
be the last. What is that fool of a detective doing all this
time? All! At last! Jle shows a little common sense. He
summons the police.. The ruffians are about to make the
third swing, the get just about as far as "th—" when, hooray,
hooray, the police arrive in the nick of time, save the girl,
capture the gang and recover the jewels. Sherlock Carter
does not claim any reward when he returns the Danver's
jewels. lie has his reward. Can't you guess? Why, he
marries the beautiful rag-picker's, or the rag-picker's beautiful,
daughter. As soon as I finish this article, 1 am going
down among the rag-pickers and see if there are any more.
I would like to have one just tin- same as that.
The melodrama was all right because it did not pretend
to be anything else. We go to the auto races, not to gaze
upon mangled forms and bloody faces, but because we like
to see something really dreadful nearly happen. That feeling
of suspense where danger threatens takes hundreds of
thousands to watch men fly in the air. I honestly preferred
that energetic melodrama to half-efforts shown in some of
the higher plays, where the incidents are shown and the soul
of the piece totally lost.

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* [[Conan Doyle on screen]]

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