On the Broad Stairway explained

On the Broad Stairway
Director:	J. Searle Dawley
Starring:	Laura Sawyer
Studio:	Edison Manufacturing Company
Distributor:	Edison Manufacturing Company
Runtime:	1025 feet
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent with English intertitles

On The Broad Stairway, from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.^[1] The film was the second of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced in 1913 before Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison to continue the series later that year with the Famous Players Film Company. On The Broad Stairway was released in the United States on July 19, 1913.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

Described as "being another of 'Kate Kirby's Cases', a series of detective stories", the plot summary in The Edison Kinetogram was:^[4]

Cast^[3]

• May Abbey as Marguerite Osborn, the bride's older sister
• Robert Brewer as Inspector Dalton
• Bigelow Cooper as Philip Morton, the groom
• Bessie Learn as Alice Osborn, the bride
• Charles Ogle as Kate's father, an ex-detective
• Laura Sawyer as Detective Kate Kirby

Review

The Moving Picture World

Kate Kirby's cases

• The Diamond Crown. (Edison – 1913)
• On the Broad Stairway. (Edison – 1913)
• The Substitute Stenographer. (Edison – 1913)
• Chelsea 7750. (Famous Players - 1913)
• An Hour Before Dawn. (Famous Players - 1913)
• The Port of Doom. (Famous Players - 1913)

Notes and References

1. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 4. Works of Art, Etc. New Series By Library of Congress. Copyright Office – 1913 pg. 277
2. The Moving Picture World, Volume 18, Issues 1-7 – 1913, pg. 360
3. The Moving Picture World, Volume 17, Issues 1-6, 1913, pg.537
4. Staff Writer . July 15, 1913 . On the Broad Stairway . The Edison Kinetogram . 8 . 12 . 5. 2027/osu.32435058214370?urlappend=%3Bseq=227.