The Unwritten Law: A Thrilling Drama Based on the Thaw-White Case is a 1907 film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company in the true crime genre, about American coal and railroad baron Harry Kendall Thaw's killing of architect Stanford White over his involvement with model and actress Evelyn Nesbit. Produced and released concurrently with Thaw's trial, its depiction of a recent sexual scandal led to widespread controversy, becoming "the first film in the United States to be widely construed as 'scandalous'".
The Unwritten Law: A Thrilling Drama Based on the Thaw-White Tragedy (1907)
Genres - Crime, Drama, Silent Film |
Sub-Genres - Silent Film |
Release Date - Mar 2, 1907 |
Run Time - 13 min. |
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The Unwritten Law: A Thrilling Drama Based on the Thaw-White Tragedy
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