The Amateur Detective Explained

The Amateur Detective
Director:	Carroll Fleming
Starring:	Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde, Muriel Ostriche
Studio:	Thanhouser Company
Distributor:	Mutual Film Corporation
Runtime:	1 reel
Country:	United States
Language:	English

The Amateur Detective is a 1914 American silent short comedy directed by Carroll Fleming for the Thanhouser Film Corporation. The film stars Carey L. Hastings, Ernest C. Warde and Muriel Ostriche.

Synopsis

Thanhouser literature describes it as "A laughable parody on Sherlock Holmes."^[1]

History and preservation status

This film represented a subgenre of detective parodies common to the era of the Nickelodeon.^[2] It is preserved in the AFI/Alfred Bruzzese collection;^[3] the surviving print is only a fragment, consisting of 240 feet of the original 990-foot running length.^[4]

External links

• • Silent Era Database Entry
• American Film Cycles: The Silent Era

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com.
2. Web site: American Film Cycles: The Silent Era . 2017-09-15 . 2010-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100905065411/http://www.questia.com/read/27213950?title=Detectives . dead .
3. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List.
4. Web site: The Amateur Detective (1914) - NitrateVille.com.