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Mabel Normand (left).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Mabel Normand [Mabel Brown], Ford Sterling [the police chief], Nick Cogley [D. Brown, Mabel’s father], Helen Holmes [Brown’s secretary], Hale Studebaker [Brown’s clerk], [?] ? [Mabel’s daughter], Dot Farley [the woman in the hat], Charles Avery [the first fireman], Bert Hunn [the second fireman], [?] ? [the third fireman], [?] ? [the fourth fireman], Paul Jacobs (Billy Jacobs) [one of the neighborhood kids]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 3 April 1913; in a split-reel with The Land Salesman (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Braff-Short n. 9884 lists the film’s length as one reel, and the release date as 20 March 1914. [?] Cast listings for Betty Schade, Edgar Kennedy and Harold Lloyd are likely inaccurate.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Children - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Offices - Safes: Time-Lock - Street scenes
Listing updated: 17 August 2016.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Braff-Short n. 9884; Fussell-Normand p. 252; Lahue-Kops p. 138 : Website-IMDb; Website-Lloyd.
Home video: DVD.
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