An Affair of Three Nations

An Affair of Three Nations is a 1915 American silent film based on a story by John T. McIntyre.[1] The film was the first in the "Ashton-Kirk, Investigator" series, and was followed by The Menace of the Mute.[2] The film was directed by Arnold Daly and Ashley Miller, and produced by Pathé Frères Films.[3] As with a lot of silent films, it is not known whether the film currently survives.[2]

An Affair of Three Nations
Directed byArnold Daly
Ashley Miller
StarringArnold Daly
Sheldon Lewis
William Harrigan
Production
company
Pathé Frères Films
Distributed byPathé Exchange, Inc.
Release date
  • October 22, 1915 (1915-10-22)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Plot

Arnold Daly plays the part of Ashton Kirk, a wealthy and scholarly young man who solves mysteries that have the police puzzled. Kirk is asked by Stella Morse, (Louise Rutter), to find out who is threatening her uncle, Dr. Morse (Sheldon Lewis). Morse has a copy of a secret treaty between Russia and the United States that was made during the Russo-Japanese War. Following the murder of the Doctor, Kirk takes on the case to help solve it. The Japanese spy system has been trying to get hold of the treaty, which could ruin relations between its country and America. Kirk manages to get the treaty himself and prevents a war from breaking out.[4]

Cast
  • Arnold Daly - Ashton Kirk
  • Sheldon Lewis - Doctor Morse
  • William Harrigan - Phillip Warwick
  • Charles Laite - Pendleton
  • Charles Krauss - Count Drevenoff
  • Geoffrey Stein - Okin
  • Martin Sabine - Karowski
  • George Melville - Humadi
  • Louise Rutter - Stella Morse
  • Doris Mitchell - Nanon
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gollark: I already control all political systems, silly bees.
gollark: Anyway, I forgot how potential energy should work in this, so I guess I'll just rederive it.
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gollark: A fun quirk is that since it uses animation frames, if you go offscreen it immediately NaNs horribly.

See also

References
  1. Wlaschin, Ken (2009). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies, A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
  2. "An Affair of Three Nations". Silent Era. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. "An Affair of Three Nations(1915)". TCM. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  4. "Affair of Three Nations (1915)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2015.


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