The Exquisite Thief
About The Exquisite Thief
Blue Jean Billie and Shaver Michael rob the guests at the Vanderhoof dinner, where a daughter is to be engaged to Lord Chesterton. Billie gags and handcuffs Detective Wood and drives off. Chesterton follows. She takes him prisoner, a police raid forces her to run, and he follows again. She holds him a second time, then trusts him. Wood and Shaver Michael arrive. The finish pairs Billie with Chesterton.
Cast & crew
More about The Exquisite Thief
Tod Browning directed it. Harvey Gates wrote it. Universal made and released it on 28 April 1919. It runs 60 minutes. Priscilla Dean plays Blue Jean Billie. Thurston Hall plays Algernon P. Smythe, Lord Chesterton. Milton Ross plays Detective Wood. Sam De Grasse plays Shaver Michael. Jean Calhoun plays Muriel Vanderflip.
Themes
Preservation
Fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. The Commons copy is a fragment.
Notes
- Prints and fragments turned up in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
- The circulating Commons copy is marked as a fragment.
- Billie works apart from the rest of the underworld and uses Shaver Michael as her partner.
Scenes
- Billie handcuffs Detective Wood during the Vanderhoof dinner.
- She takes Lord Chesterton prisoner a second time.
- Wood and Shaver Michael walk in on them.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Exquisite Thief (1919, fragment).webm)
