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The Unwritten Law: A Thrilling Drama Based on the Thaw-White Case
(1907) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. / © 4 March 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Based on the true life murder of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw on 25 June 1906.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive; in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; and in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Adultery - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder

Listing updated: 6 May 2010.

References: Brownlow-Behind p. 4; Leyda-Before pp. 82, 132; Robinson-Palace p. 109; Sloan-Loud p. 152.