{{Short description|1915 film by J. Charles Haydon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Alster Case | image =Alster Case lobby card.jpg | caption =Lobby card | director = J. Charles Haydon | producer = | writer = Rufus Gillmore (based on his novel, ''The Alter Case'' c.1914) | starring = Bryant Washburn<br>Ruth Stonehouse | cinematography = Arthur Reeves<br>Jackson Rose | editing = | studio = Essanay Studios | distributor = V-L-S-E | released = {{Film date|1915|12|06}} | runtime = 5 reels | country = United States | language = Silent <br> English intertitles }} right|thumb|''The Alster Case'', left-to-right: John Cossar, Bryant Washburn, Anne Leigh '''''The Alster Case''''' is a lost<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Alster Case |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3394/default.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321142725/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3394/default.html |archive-date=March 21, 2023 }}</ref> 1915 American silent drama film directed by J. Charles Haydon and starring Bryant Washburn and Ruth Stonehouse. It was based on a novel, ''The Alster Case'', by Rufus Gillmore. It was produced by the Essanay Company.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AlsterCase1915.html ''The Alster Case'' at silentera.com]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: The Alster Case |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16408-THE-ALSTERCASE |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>
==Plot== Miss Cornelia Alster, a wealthy spinster, secretly makes George Swan, a poor lawyer’s clerk, executor of her estate. That night, she returns home from the theater with him unexpectedly, discovering her two wards, Beatrice and Linda, in, what she thinks, is an affair with two men. As a matter of fact, Linda is fighting Keith, the butler, who is blackmailing her to force her to give him money, while Beatrice is entertaining her sweetheart, Allen Longstreet, a young inventor. Miss Alster waits in her room, determined to see who the men are. The next day she is found murdered. Trask, a noted detective, is put on the trail. He follows the five suspects, and all but George are exonerated, as he was the first who knew about the murder. George confesses to the crime, saying that he killed Cornelia to protect the reputations of Linda and Beatrice, as he was in love with both of them.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=https://archive.org/details/motography00test/page/1190/mode/2up |title=Motography |publisher=Electricity Magazine Corp. |location=Chicago |publication-date=December 4, 1915 |pages=1191}}</ref>
==Cast== *Bryant Washburn – George Swan *John Cossar – Trask (*aka John H. Cossar) *Ruth Stonehouse – Beatrice *Anne Leigh – May Walsh *Louise Crolius – Cornelia Alster *Betty Scott – Linda *Arthur W. Bates – Keith *Rod La Rocque – Allen Longstreet *Beatrice Styler – Agnes
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0004884}} *[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/alster-case-15-bryant-washburn-3-lcs surviving image]
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