- Title: VM-183
- Summary: THE BLACK VIPER: DW GRIFFITH FILM. VIOLENT SILENT.
- Description:01:49:10 - PEOPLE COME OUT BACK DOOR WAREHOUSE-TYPE BUILDING. WOMEN IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CLOTHES-FASHIONS. MEN MOSTLY IN SUITS. LAST MAN OUT TRIES TO COURT WOMAN TAKES OFF HAT 01:49:36 - LONE WOMAN WALKS DOWN CITY STREET, MAN FOLLOWS HER, GRABS HER, SHE PUNCHES HIM, STRUGGLE ENSUES SHE FALLS TO GROUND, MAN COMES TO HER RESCUE, MEN FIGHT, SHE RISES & WALKS AWAY WITH RESCUER 01:50:07 - DUO-TWO MEN DRINKING & PLAYING CARDS. COT IN CORNER. THIRD MAN WALKS IN GETS MEN TO COME WITH HIM. 01:50:26 - WOMAN & HER RESCUER WALK OUT OF PICKET FENCE 01:50:45 - COUPLE WALKING DOWN CITY DIRT ROAD, THREE MEN JUMP OFF HORSE & WAGON, ATTACK THE COUPLE WOMAN ESCAPES. BEATING MAN ON GROUND. THROW IN WAGON. EARLY 1900'S CITY 01:51:20 - WOMAN RUNS TO HOUSE, GETS THREE MEN TO HELP 01:51:30 - MEN LOADING WAGON, PUSHED OUT OF WAY BY WOMAN & THREE MEN TAKE WAGON. 01:51:42 - VILLAINS TAKE HURT MAN DOWN ROCKY ROAD, TAKE HIM OUT 01:52:10 - WOMAN & HELP ARRIVES. RUN ACROSS ROCKS MOUNTAINS OF ROCK. TRY TO CLIMB. SLOWLY ASCEND, THROW ROCKS DOWN MOUNTAIN 01:54:36 - STRUGGLE BETWEEN CAPTIVE & CAPTOR ON GRASSY HILLSIDE. 01:54:50 - RESCUERS CLIMB UP HILLSIDE RIGHT BEHIND 01:55:08 - THREESOME STRUGGLE IN FRONT OF LOG CABIN WITH CAPTIVE. MEN BRING STICKS PUT IN FRONT OF CABIN PUT CAPTIVE INSIDE SET ON FIRE. 01:56:05 - MEN ON ROOF, STRUGGLE FIGHT SMOKE RISING AS THEY FIGHT. ROLL OFF ROOF, STRUGGLE ON GROUND 01:56:50 - RESCUE PARTY ARRIVES, PAST MAN PASSED OUT FROM SMOKE INHALATION ON GROUND. SMOKE POURS OUT OF CABIN. MAN WAKES UP, FALLS BACK DOWN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1908
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-183