1920 - In this silent film, an older woman is drinking tea while a servant is eavesdropping on the other side of the door. When the woman loses her balance, showing signs of poisoning, the servant enters, laughing. The woman runs at her but the servant grabs the key and locks her in her room.

Description
Number RETCIN 019273
Collection RETCIN
Title 1920 - In this silent film, an older woman is drinking tea while a servant is eavesdropping on the other side of the door. When the woman loses her balance, showing signs of poisoning, the servant enters, laughing. The woman runs at her but the servant grabs the key and locks her in her room.
Duration 00:01:16
Date of production 1923
Keyword accusation, Cup, Drink, Laughter, Lock, old, PHOTOS, Stairs, Table, Tea, Uniform, Wood
Tags 1923, 1920S, Accuse, Accusing, Afternoon Tea, Apron, Bad, Balustrade, Beverage, Coffee Table, Couch, Cozy, Curtains, Despair, Desperation, Door, Drinking, Evil, Framed Portraits, Frames. Pictures, Furnished, Hallway, Hot, Hot Beverage, House Arrest, Imprisoned, Key, Lace, Laughing, Laugh, Lock Up, Locking In, Mean, Mop Cap, Photographs, Poisoned, Poison, Portraits, Railing, Sadistic, Saucer, Servant, Sheer Curtains, Staircase, Stairway, Triumphant, Wallpaper, Weak, Weakened, Women, Wooden Door, Wooden Stairway
Summary 1920 - In this silent film, an older woman is drinking tea while a servant is eavesdropping on the other side of the door. When the woman loses her balance, showing signs of poisoning, the servant enters, laughing. The woman runs at her but the servant grabs the key and locks her in her room.