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Billie Rhodes, Ernie Evers (center) and Jay Belasco.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Mary’s Merry Mix-Up
Also known as {Mary’s Merry Mixup}, {Mary’s Merry Mix Up}
(1917) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Billie Rhodes [Mary, the girl], Jay Belasco [Jack, Mary’s husband], Louis Morrison [Mary’s father], Jean Hathaway [Mary’s mother], Ernie Evers (E.P. Evers) [Mary’s brother], [?] ? [H.W. Hodgeson, the butler], [?] ? [the maid], [?] ? [the cook]
Caulfield Photoplay Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Strand Comedies]. / Released 6 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Jay and Billie get married in spite of father’s objections. To put a stop to Billie’s flirtation father decides to return to town. Unknown to Jay, Billie has a brother whom she greets and kisses. Jay sees them and thinks his wife is false, but he has no chance to talk to her as father rushes to town. Following Billie, Jay secures a disguise and enters his wife’s home as a butler. Babbie, the maid, falls in love with Jay and places him in tight situations. Moreover, Jay is afraid to be recognized by father, and pulling off his sidebeard, he transforms it into mustaches and the same sidebeard is soon transferred into eyebrows to fool mother. This causes a mix-up among the family. In the meantime Jay has to fight the love-making maid and has a hard time to square himself with his wife. Finally he learns that Ernie is Billie’s brother and while the family is all upset on account of the sidebeard, mustache and eyebrows, Jay and Billie make up and the bride presents a smooth-faced husband. The family forgives in the hope that Billie will put a stop to her flirtations.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Domestics: Butlers
Listing updated: 19 December 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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