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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Droske No. 519
(Cab Number 519)
Also known as Cab No. 519 and Cab 519 in the USA : [Sherlock Holmes V]
(1909) Denmark
B&W : [?] One? reel / 1125 feet
Directed by Viggo Larsen
Cast: Viggo Larsen [Sherlock Holmes], [?] Alwin Neuss [Doctor Watson]?, August Blom, Elith Plio [Poul Bang]
Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Produced by Ole Olsen. Scenario by Viggo Larsen, from the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cinematography by Axel Sørensen (Axel Graatkjær). / Released 30 April 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA (at 1105 feet) by Great Northern Film Company on 2 June 1909.
Drama: Crime.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A young man suddenly inherits a fortune. The man‘s friend decides to make himself master of that fortune, and so by the aid of an unscrupulous assistant he manages to kidnap his friend, to impersonate him, and to actually obtain the money. Now, to reach this point a number of startling adventures have to be gone through. The real owner of the fortune is lured into a cab, and is drugged in that vehicle. He is taken on board a ship and placed in a cabin in charge of one of the villains of the piece. But Holmes has been busy. Early on in the game he got the number of the cab and traced it in its wanderings to the house in which the unconscious victim was temporarily placed. Holmes runs the cabman to earth, binds his arms and renders him helpless. Then he starts in pursuit of the ship. He gets on board. He takes the cabin next to that in which the drugged victim lies, and just at the moment when the latter is to be thrown overboard by the man in whose power he is Holmes appears, effects a rescue and knocks the villain down. The final scene of the play shows the impersonator taking possession of the money, when, just as he is handling it, the real owner appears. The impersonator, after denials and struggles, is arrested, and all ends happily, thanks to the skill of Sherlock Holmes.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - Characters: Sherlock Holmes - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives
Listing updated: 29 December 2024.
References: Mottram-Danish pp. 46, 77; Pohle-Holmes pp. 35-36 : Website-IMDb.
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