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Pop Tuttle’s Clever Catch
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Robert Eddy
Cast: Dan Mason [Pop Tuttle], Wilna Hervey [Tillie Overton]
The Paul Gerson Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO] [A Plum Center Comedy]. / Produced by [?] William A. Howell and Paul Gerson? Scenario by Al Giebler (A.H. Giebler). / Released 8 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Frank Capra may have worked on this film in one or all of these jobs: assistant director, editor, gag man and prop man.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Film Daily, 8 October 1922, page ?] Pop Tuttle runs the village stage, which meets all trains. He is returning with the week’s mail when he is held up by a bandit. He consents to give the thug the mail if he will shoot bullet holes in his hat as an alibi. After the bandit empties his gun shooting holes in Pop’s clothes, Pop pulls his own gun and making him mount Wildfire, the town’s truck horse, rides him into town and gets the reward.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 December 2022.
References: FilmYearBook-1923 p. 197 : Website-IMDb.
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