Mrs. Casey’s Gorilla
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Edward Dillon
Cast: Kate Toncray [Mrs. Casey], Charles Murray
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by William J. Rackham. / Released 13 November 1913; in a split-reel with Mixed Nuts (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Socially ambitious, Mrs. O’Brien concludes to get one over on her rival, Mrs. Casey, and gives a monkey party in honor of Count Castoria. That was Mrs. Casey’s cue to do her one better and give a gorilla party. Casey plays the gorilla. It strikes the gorilla that there is too much ardor in Mrs. Casey’s tete-a-tete with the hand-kissing count. It starts a panic.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 29 November 1913, page ?] A farce of Irish husbands, a foreign count and a monkey party and then, to go one better, a gorilla party. There is some fun in it, but Mr. Casey was more like a gorilla without his gorilla costume.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 June 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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