Bold Bank Robbery

1904 Crime 7 minutes Directed by Jack Frawley

About Bold Bank Robbery

A gang plans a bank robbery in Philadelphia and gets away with it. The police are warned. A chase runs through the city streets.

Cast & crew

More about Bold Bank Robbery

Lubin produced and released the short on July 30, 1904. Jack Frawley directed, wrote the story, and photographed it. It was Lubin's first release with an original narrative, made to follow the business of Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery. The players are not named.

Themes

Look

Jack Frawley photographed the Philadelphia robbery and the street chase that follows it.

Music

Silent. No composer is credited.

Preservation

The Library of Congress holds a print of the seven-minute film. It is in the public domain.

Notes

  • Reception at the time was mixed.
  • The picture is credited with pushing Porter to make Capture of the "Yegg" Bank Burglars.
  • A print is in the Library of Congress. The film is in the public domain.

Scenes

  • The gang works out the robbery and then takes the bank.
  • Police pick up the trail and the chase moves into the streets.

Influenced by

  • Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Influenced

  • Capture of the "Yegg" Bank Burglars