Pearl as a Detective

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Pearl as a Detective
Directed by Phillips Smalley
Produced by Crystal Film Company
Starring Pearl White
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • May 4, 1913 (1913-05-04)
Running time
2 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

Pearl as a Detective is a 1913 silent short film comedy directed by Phillips Smalley and starring Pearl White. It was released as a split-reel with Oh, Whiskers! . It's preserved in the Library of Congress collection. [1]

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References

  1. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.139 c.1978 the American Film Institute