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"The Black Hand" (1906) cinematographer Billy Bitzer

"The Black Hand", True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York, is a short crime drama featuring cinematographer Billy Bitzer, a star of Silent Hall of Fame.

A gang by the name of Black Hand demands a big amount of money from a local businessman.  If the demands are not met it threatens his daughter. Then the gang kidnaps the girl anyway and sends one of its members to collect the ransom.

Directed by                       Wallace McCutcheon
Cinematography by         Billy Bitzer
Starring                             Robert Vignola, Anthony O’Sullivan (gangsters)
Distributed by                   Biograph Company
Release date                      March 29, 1906
Country                             United States
Running time                    11 m.

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