"Evidence of the film" is an excellent example of inventive filmic story-telling, downright startling in its originality and creativity for 1913.
But a good film for any age.
Another example from Thanhouser, the long-defunct studio working in New Rochelle, New York, "Evidence" is one of fewer than 200 films that have been found, out of some 1,000 produced.
It is a small film, but with a dramatic story and superlative actors and, as I said, marvelously inventive method of presenting the story.
A messenger boy, played by the remarkable Marie Eline, is accused of a crime, and his sister, played by the even more remarkable Florence La Badie, who died too, too young (and we can only imagine what heights of stardom she could have reached), works to find the evidence that will prove his innocence.
Too many other reviewers have given away the story, but I won't. Instead I will repeat, this is a wonderful find, a discovery of a film previously thought lost, and it is more evidence a major effort must be expended to find all the Thanhouser films extant.
"Evidence" was shown on Turner Classic Movies on 5 July 2015, one of three Thanhouser films following a documentary about the studio. I hope to see it again and highly recommend it to you.