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It Happened in Java
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Bertram Bracken and/or Gaston Méliès?
Cast: (unknown)
Méliès Star Films [American] production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America through The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 31 July 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in Java.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Aunt Mary is a distinguished archaeologist from America, visiting the ruined temples of Boro-Budar, on the Island of Java, Dutch East Indies. She is accompanied by her two nephews, college boys. After passing the customs inspection, they proceed to a hotel, where the manager receives a telegram advising him to pay special attention to the woman and her two young companions. The telegram is misinterpreted and the police are called in on the case. Fearing that their study may be interrupted, Aunt Mary and her nephews hurry to the ruins with the manager and the police hot on their trail. They make an interesting trip through the beautiful sculptured ruins, but are all the time trailed, until at last they are intercepted, only to find that in the first telegram there was a mistake in transmission, and that the police were seeking them to render aid rather than to interfere with the duties of their archaeological research.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Java
Listing updated: 14 August 2023.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 144; Thompson-Star p. 234 : Website-IMDb.
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