Only a Messenger Boy
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and/or Frank Griffin and/or Ford Sterling?
Cast: Ford Sterling [the messenger boy], Guy Woodward [the mayor], Vivian Edwards [the mayor’s daughter], Billie Brockwell [the mayor’s wife], Bobby Dunn [another messenger], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [another messenger], Josef Swickard [the chief of police], Hugh Fay [the main schemer], Harold J. Binney (Josh Binney) [the schemer’s main thug], Bert Hunn [another schemer thug], Billie Bennett [an uplift club member], Fred Hibbard [the man with the alcohol], [?] Nick Cogley?, [?] Minta Durfee?, [?] Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)?
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / Released 23 [?] August or September? 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Messenger’s Reform. [?] Completed or shipped? on 19 August 1915. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, in 1923.
Comedy.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 April 2024.
References: Lahue-Kops p. 154; Lahue-Mack p. 300 : ClasIm-221 p. 43 : Website-IMDb.
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