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[[File:TMPW-1910-07-12-p1149.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Moving Picture World, 19 november 1910, p. 1149]]

''The Diamond Swindler'' is a Danish silent movie released on 19 november 1910 (in USA), produced by ''Great Northern Film Co.'' Black & White.

The 1910 ads presented the movie as : ''This great feature film is another of our famous detective stories. It is adapted from the adventures of Harry Taxon, a clever pupil of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes. A snappy production which will prove itself most popular.''

However some reviews in 1910 were describing the detective as ''Sherlock Holmes'', see below.

Survival status: unknown.

== Cast ==

* '''Harry Taxon''' : Franz Skondrup (?)

== Plot summary ==

* The Moving Picture World, 19 november 1910, p. 1190-1191

[[File:TMPW-1910-07-12-p1190.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Moving Picture World, 19 november 1910, p. 1190-1191]]
'''THE DIAMOND SWINDLER.''' — A gentleman
calls one day on the rich and young Count X,
and tells him on discretion that he is obliged to
dispose of a most precious necklace on account of
momentary difficulties caused, by an unforeseen
heavy loss of money. The necklace is very beautiful,
and the count wants to buy it for his wife.
The stranger advises the count to keep it until
the following day and to inquire of a professional
jeweler concerning its genuineness. The stranger
takes his leave, and the count keeps the necklace,
taking it at once to a jeweler, who pronounces it
to be real without doubt, and most valuable. The
stranger goes home, opens a safe, a door appears,
and through this he goes to a cave, which has been
made a workshop, and where several men are sitting
making jewelry. The stranger takes out a
necklace just like the one he gave the count, and
the next day he goes to the house again, to inquire
whether the count wants to keep it. But the
count says that he does not want to pay so much
as demanded, and the gentleman regrets very
much, takes back the ornament and goes towards
the door. He now quickly changes the two necklaces,
and goes back once more, saying that he
must dispose of the necklace and will take the
amount offered by the count, as he is badly in want
of money. In the evening the young countess wears
her new beautiful necklace. It is very much admired,
but a lady of her acquaintance who is a
connoisseur on stones, examines it closely and declares
her suspicion as to its genuineness. The
countess is, of course, much perplexed, and they
decide to take the necklace to the jeweler, who
first examined it. But this jeweler declares it to
be a different necklace and not real. They now go
to Sherlock Holmes who can give only little hope,
as he has no clue to the mystery. One day a distinguished
looking gentleman calls on the lady who
first suspected the falsification, asking her to buy
some valuable jewels, on account of momentary difficulties.
An appointment is made until the next
day, and the lady at once informs Sherlock Holmes,
who appears the next day and bides himself in
the lady's room. At the moment when the swindler
is going to change about the jewels, he is surprised
and arrested. Sherlock Holmes, who is a
master in disguising himself still more succeed
in capturing the whole gang of swindlers at work
at the secret workshop. The happy young countess
receives at last the beautiful necklace which
was intended for her.

== Review ==

* The Moving Picture World, 3 december 1910, p. 1299

[[File:TMPW-1910-07-12-p1299.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Moving Picture World, 3 december 1910, p. 1299]]
'''"The Diamond Swindler"''' (Great Northern). A snappy
detective story in which Harry Traxton, a clever pupil of
Sherlock Holmes, ferrets out a swindler and brings him to
justice in a series of interesting scenes. The acting is excellent,
and in common with other detective stories produced
by this house this one holds the audience from the beginning
to the end. The Great Northern people have an established
reputation for detective stories and this picture will help in
maintaining the reputation.

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* [[Conan Doyle on screen]]

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TCDE-Team at 12:46, 21 January 2016