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Ethel’s Roof Party
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)
Cast: Fay Tincher [Ethel], Tammany Young [Bill], Tod Browning [Mr. Hadley, the boss], Bobby Fuehrer (Bobby Ray) [the office boy], Baldy Belmont (Joseph Belmont) [Ethel’s beau], Max Davidson [the janitor], Anna May Walthall [a party guest], Mae Gaston [a party guest], Max Stanley (Maxfield Stanley) [a party guest], [?] Richard Talmadge?
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / From a screen story by Paul West. / Released 8 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The tenth film in the “Bill the Office Boy” series.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Taking advantage of the boss’s absence, Ethel decides to give a luncheon on the roof. Bill and his pal make up their minds that they should be included in the invitation, so they mount to the roof where Ethel and her guests are assembled. The hostess is not at all pleased at Bill’s butting in, and at her request her male friends put the office boy and his chum off the roof and lock them out. Bill determines to give them a scare. So after nailing up the door, he starts some old rags smoldering. He and his pal then depart to get their lunch. The janitor smells smoke and soon locates the fire. The party, in their wild desire to reach safety, smash a window and receive the full force of the fire hose. Luncheon and gowns are ruined, but Ethel and her guests are rescued, amid the cheers of a large crowd gathered below.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Skal-Browning p. 249 : Website-IMDb.
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