''Chelsea 7750'' is a surviving 1913 American silent crime drama film directed by

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Playe ...

and starring Henry E. Dixey (from the stage),

Laura Sawyer Laura Sawyer (February 3, 1885 – September 7, 1970) was an American film actress on stage and in silent films. Early life Sawyer was born in Iron County, Missouri, the daughter of Alvah Hayden and Laurette Sawyer.Corpus Christi Times (Cor ...

, and House Peters. It was the fourth of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the first produced by the

Famous Players Film Company The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in New York City in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful theatre owners and producers there. History Discussions to form the company were held at Th ...

after Dawley and Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players.

Cast

* Henry E. Dixey as Detective Kirby *

as Kirby's Daughter * House Peters as Professor Grimble * Martin Faust as Grimble's son

Preservation status

A print is held by the

BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, d ...

National Film and Television Archive The BFI National Archive is a department of the British Film Institute, and one of the largest film archives in the world. It was founded as the National Film Library in 1935; its first curator was Ernest Lindgren. In 1955, its name became the ...

, London.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Chelsea 7750''
/ref>

Kate Kirby's cases

* ''

The Diamond Crown ''The Diamond Crown'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913 for Edison before Dawley and actress Laura ...

''. (Edison – 1913) * '' On the Broad Stairway''. (Edison – 1913) * ''

The Substitute Stenographer ''The Substitute Stenographer'', from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) directed by Walter Edwin The film was the third of three "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced with Edison in 1913 before actress Laura Sawyer ...

''. (Edison – 1913) * ''Chelsea 7750''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''

An Hour Before Dawn ''An Hour Before Dawn'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the fifth of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the second produced by the F ...

''. (Famous Players - 1913) * ''

The Port of Doom ''The Port of Doom'' is a lost 1913 silent film detective drama directed by J. Searle Dawley and featuring Laura Sawyer and House Peters. It was the last of six "Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913, the third produced by the Famou ...

''. (Famous Players - 1913)

References

External links

* 1913 films American silent feature films Films directed by J. Searle Dawley American black-and-white films English-language crime drama films 1913 crime drama films 1910s American films Silent American crime drama films 1910s English-language films {{silent-crime-drama-film-stub