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The Blood Red Tape of Charity is a 1913 American silent short propaganda drama film written, directed and starring Edwin August and produced by Pat Powers. August wrote the scenario with the intent to highlight the evils of organized charity while entertaining the viewers.
The Blood Red Tape of Charity: Directed by Edwin August. With Edwin August, Lon Chaney. An injured telegraph lineman, the father of a large family, finds it difficult to make ends meet. A gentleman thief attempts to aid the family by desperate means.
- Edwin August
- 1913-09-26
- Short, Drama
- 10
William Weldon, a telegraph lineman, is the father of a large family and finds it a hard struggle to make both ends meet on his small wages. To make matters worse, he is injured while working and falls from a telegraph pole, sustaining injuries which force a lay-off for several weeks.
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The Blood Red Tape of Charity is a 1913 American silent short drama film written, directed and starring by Edwin August and produced by Pat Powers. August wrote the scenario with the intent to highlight the evils of organized charity while entertaining the viewers.
The Blood Red Tape of Charity (1913) - Directed by Edwin August, produced by Pat Powers and starring Edwin August, Lon Chaney,and more...
CAST: Edwin August (Marx), Lon Chaney (Pawnbroker) SYNOPSIS: William Weldon is a lineman who is injured when he falls from a telegraph pole. His large family has no one to support them so they appeal to various charitable organizations, but their requests for aid become bogged down in red tape.
