The Thief (1914 film) explained

The Thief
Director:	Edgar Lewis
Producer:	William Fox
Screenplay:	Edgar Lewis
Starring:	Richard Buhler Edgar L. Davenport George De Carlton Dorothy Donnelly
Studio:	Box Office Attractions Company
Distributor:	Box Office Attractions Company
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film (English intertitles)

The Thief is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Richard Buhler, Edgar L. Davenport, George De Carlton, and Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on the 1907 play The Thief by Henri Bernstein.^[1] The film was released by Box Office Attractions Company on November 19, 1914.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The film was remade as a short film in 1920.

Cast

• Richard Buhler as Richard Voysin
• Edgar L. Davenport as Mr. Legardes
• George De Carlton as Detective
• Dorothy Donnelly as Marie Landau
• Iva Shepard as Mrs. Legardes
• Harry Spingler as Fernand Legardes

Preservation

The film is now considered lost.^[5]

See also

• List of lost films
• 1937 Fox vault fire

Notes and References

1. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film, p.980 c.1999 Alan Goble
2. Web site: The Thief. afi.com. 24 March 2018.
3. Web site: The Thief. AllMovie. 24 March 2018.
4. Web site: The Thief. TCM.com. 24 March 2018.
5. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9778/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Thief