In the Name of the Law
| Title | In the Name of the Law |
| Year of Publication | 1922 |
| Publication Type | Screenplay |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Johnson, Emilie |
| Keywords | Honus Wagner (1874-1955); Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh Police |
| Abstract | A silent action film in which the children of Pittsburgh’s police chief get innocently caught up in bank robberies, only to be vindicated by Pittsburgh Pirates legend Honus Wagner, who plays himself. In the climatic scene, Honus catches baseballs thrown from the roof of the City-County Building to prevent bystanders from being injured. |
| Author Biography | Emilie Johnson (1867-1941) wrote more than a dozen blue-collar scripts about workers—firefighters, police, railroad workers, letter carriers—for her son Emory's film company, which often hired non-actors, like Honus Wagner, to do the work being portrayed. |
| Time | 1920s |
| Published | unpublished |
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