The gambler's ruin /

Peter Thurston develops a mania for gambling and gradually sinks lower and lower until he is ruined. Failing to obtain money from either his wife or his father, Peter becomes a burglar. Sometime after, he breaks into his wife's home and inadvertently causes her death. Meanwhile, his father perfects a machine capable of detecting criminals, which is used to prove Peter's guilt. As Peter is led away, the father recognizes him and realizes that he is responsible for convicting his own son.
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Jane Marie Laurent, Max Dhartigny.
French title from Mitry, J. Filmographie universelle, v. 23, p. 131.
Cast credits from Motion picture news, v. 8, no. 16, p. 52.
LC copy lacks beginning credits.
LC holds the U.S. release copy with English language interior titles.
Part of summary from Moving picture world, v. 18, p. 532.
MAVIS 7409; The gambler's ruin.
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Sources used: Motion picture news, v. 8.2, no. 16, p. 50, 52; Motography, v. 10, p. 296; American film-index, 1908-1915; Moving picture world, v. 18, no. 5, p. 501, 532; Mitry, J. Filmographie universelle, v. 23, p. 131; Goble, A. The complete index to world film since 1895.
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Received: 2/1/1979 from LC film lab; viewing print, dupe neg pic, and master pos pic; preservation; AFI/Rubin (Howard) Collection.
Received: 1/24/2007 from VidiPax; master; preservation; AFI/Rubin (Howard) Collection.