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“Oh, Uncle”
Also known as Oh, Uncle! in the USA
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 292 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: James Kirkwood [Zeke Wright], William A. Quirk (Billy Quirk) [Harry Wright, Zeke’s nephew], Mary Pickford [Bessie Wright], [?] ? [Tom Wright, another nephew], [?] Mack Sennett?
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 27 August 1909 (as Oh, Uncle!) by Biograph Company. Released 26 August 1909; in a split-reel with The Seventh Day (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 21-22 July 1909 in the Biograph New York studio. The third film in the “Harry and Bessie” series.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Biograph Bulletin, number 269, 26 August 1909, page ?] Zeke Wright, a wealthy old batch, has intimated his intention of making his two nephews his heirs, and having nothing but time on his hands, takes it into his head to visit his nephew Tom, who is married and settled. Tom and his wife are goodies, no doubt, and the gay old chap is soon disgusted, so he decides to pull up stakes and visit Harry Wright, whom he thinks unmarried, not having been apprised of his romantic elopement and marriage. So he sends Harry a note, to wit: “Am disgusted with your cousin’s wife. If you ever marry I’ll cut you off. Am coming to visit you to-morror [sic]”. Holy smoke! Up against it for fair. Well, wits work, and Bessie plays the maid for the time being, but Foxey Nunky is wise and starts a persistent flirtation much to the perturbation of Harry, who is at length forced to divulge. However, Uncle exclaimed “Harry, your [sic] all right and I’ll double your allowance”. So Nunky prolonged his stay with the Wrights.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm nitrate negative]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 November 2022.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Eyman-Pickford p. 324; Spehr-American p. 3; Usai-Griffith-3 pp. 18, 21-22 : Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.
Home video: DVD.
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