The Aerial Wire (1914)

Director
Producer	Blackhawk Films (restoration company)
Contributors	With Pearl White, Paul Panzer, Crane Wilbur
Length	18 min
B&W/Color	b&w
UO Library Catalog description:	In the continuing effort to gain the Marvin fortune for himself by disposing of Pauline, Koerner arranged with a band of gypsies to trap her and Harry in an abandoned cellar by the river. The plan is to dynamite the cellar wall, allowing the river to flood in and drown the captives. But Harry and Pauline outwit death by swimming under the water and up into the chimney. Pauline and Harry attempt to escape their clutches by spanning an aerial wire across the river. Then they make their escape in Harry’s car and return to Marvin’s.
Call #	FILM Mb168
Genre	feature
Rare	yes
Online	no
Copyright status	public domain
Physical condition	good
Oregon-related	no

Notes:

An episode of The Perils of Pauline from 1914; they are fairly readily available, if hardly universally owned, as a DVD or VHS compilation. This is a restored (1960s) version by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa.