Mr. Harry Furniss, the famous English cartoonist, and his daughter are visiting New York in search of various American types. While passing a Fifth Avenue jewelry store the daughter calls ... See full summary
The Sketch with the Thumb Print (1912) Online
Mr. Harry Furniss, the famous English cartoonist, and his daughter are visiting New York in search of various American types. While passing a Fifth Avenue jewelry store the daughter calls his attention to a rough-looking man who stands gazing at the diamonds displayed in the window. As the artist finishes the sketch his daughter accidentally drops a sketch of herself; the rough-looking man picks it up and in handing it to the girl, leaves his dirty thumb print upon it. Later the artist leaves the sketch hook on a park bench. The reporter, wandering in the park and discouraged at lack of news, reads a heading in a newspaper of a great diamond robbery and wishes he were lucky enough to locate the criminal. He finds the sketch book, sees the name and address of the owner on the inside and returns it to him. He asks for a sketch in return and selects the one of the daughter upon which is the dirty thumb print. In glancing over a newspaper which he has been reading, the artist recognizes ...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Harry Furniss | - | The Artist |
 | Gertrude McCoy | - | The Artist's Daughter |
 | George Lessey | - | The City Editor |
 | Willis Secord | - | The Young Reporter |
 | Charles Ogle | - | The Jewel Robber |
| Harry B. Eytinge | - | The Judge (as Harry Eytinge) |
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