Escaped Prisoner Returns Home

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Early melodramatic film in which an escaped prisoner returns home to find his wife dying after giving birth to a child.

Two guards wait while prisoner in tears bids farewell to his dead wife and then they take him away.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60514
Sort Number:
UN 0001 B (Y)
Time in/Out:
01:50:36:00 / 01:51:56:00
Canister:
UN 1 B (Y)
Film ID:
1694.13
Issue Date:

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