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| starring = [[Paul Panzer]]<br />
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'''''The Thieving Hand''''' is a 1908 [[cinema of the United States|American]] [[silent film|silent]] [[short film]]. It is credited for its astounding trick photography and effects for its age.<br />
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The film was shot on location in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]], [[New York City]] and released on February 1, 1908 in the [[United States]].<br />
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It is one of the 50 films in the 4-disc boxed [[DVD]] set called ''Treasures from American Film Archives'' (2000), compiled by the [[National Film Preservation Foundation]] from 18 American film archives. The film's print is preserved by the [[George Eastman House]].<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThievingHand1908.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Thieving Hand |accessdate=2010-06-27|work=Silent Era}}</ref><br />
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In November 2008, it was shown in [[Leeds Film Festival]], as part of ''Back to the Electric Palace'', with live music by [[Sasha Siem]], performed in partnership with [[Opera North]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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A one-armed beggar receives a new limb from a strange store that specializes in human appendages. The new arm has a mind of its own, though, and brings the man nothing but trouble.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title | id = 0288252 | title = The Thieving Hand}}<br />
*{{YouTube|EGKNXhTe0YE|''The Thieving Hand''}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in New York City]]<br />
[[Category:Vitagraph Studios short films]]<br />
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[[Category:1908 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1900s fantasy films]]<br />
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