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The Tell-Tale Scar
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Morris Foster (J. Morris Foster) [Pietro Lapon], Mayre Hall [Maria Deguida], J.S. Murray [Maria’s father], Doris Farrington [Maria’s mother], Mitchell Lewis, Billy Noel, Alfred Hollingsworth, Jack Sullivan (C. John Sullivan), John Lehnberg, Dave Keleher (Daniel Keleher)
Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Philip Lonergan. / Released 9 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Young barber Pietro Lapori loves Maria Deguida, the daughter of a prosperous merchant, but he despairs when his sweetheart’s father refuses to consent to their marriage until Pietro has $500 in cash. One day a detective shows him a circular, offering a big reward for the capture of a noted crook. In the picture on the circular a scar disfigures the criminal’s face. A few days later the barber shaves a man who bears the counterpart of the scar, until now concealed by a beard. He shadows his customer, but is discovered. With great difficulty he succeeds in overpowering the crook, and is rescued just in time by the police. Pietro receives the reward and marries his beloved.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 3 July 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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