Suspense (1913 film)

For works with similar titles, see Suspense.

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Suspense (1913)
Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley

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a 1913 American silent short film thriller. The film features early examples of a split screen shot. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Key (info)
	Dialogue
	In scene
	Storyline

Cast and Crew
Cast
Role	Actor
	Val Paul
	Lois Weber
	Lon Chaney
	Douglas Gerrard
Crew
Distributor	Universal Pictures
Director	Phillips Smalley (d. 1939), Lois Weber (d. 1939)
Screenwriter	Lois Weber
Based on available information, the latest crew member that is relevant to international copyright laws died in 1939, meaning that this film may be in the public domain in countries and jurisdictions with 84 years p.m.a. or less, as well as in the United States.

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SUSPENSE.

CAST

THE WIFE.	LOIS WEBER
THE HUSBAND.	VALENTINE PAUL
THE PURSUER.	DOUGLAS GERARD
THE TRAMP.	SAM KAUFMAN

I am leaving
without notice. No
servant will stay in
this lonesome place.
I will put the back
door key under the mat.

Mamie.

"I WON'T GET HOME UNTIL LATE. WILL YOU BE ALLRIGHT."

"A TRAMP IS PROWLING AROUND THE HOUSE."

"NOW HE IS OPENING THE KITCHEN DOOR."

"NOW HE IS IN THE——"

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

The principal director
The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
The cinematographer
By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1939, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 84 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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