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A Convict’s Punishment
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 170 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 7 February 1903 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H27980]. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The film was also sold in a 30-foot length.

Drama.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A very dramatic and effective picture of some brutal keepers “paddling” an inmate of a State Reformatory.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 March 2010.

References: Bohn-Light p. 108 : Website-AFI.