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Thou Shalt Not Rubber
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by [?] Allen Curtis?
Cast: Sylvion de Jardins (Bobby Vernon) [Willie], Max Asher [Schmaltz], Louise Fazenda [Mrs. Schmaltz], Lee Morris [Casey], Billie Bennett [Mrs. Casey], Adelaide Bronti [Willie’s mother]
Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Carl Laemmle. / Released 11 October 1913; in a split-reel with Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Willie’s mother finds that her opera cloak needs renovating and sends Willie to the cleaner’s with it. Willie, on the way, tries to steal some peanuts and is forced to run after a scuffle with the irate vendor. The parcel bursts open and Willie carries the cloak over his arm. He finds a forgotten parasol on a park bench, and the day being warm, he places the cloak over his shoulders and opens the parasol. Schmaltz sees Willie’s back view and imagines he is a young woman showing a great deal of one of her legs. He steals away from Mrs. Schmaltz and follows Willie down the street. Casey is attracted and joins Schmaltz, as do the blind men, the Rube and the stout person with the gout. Willie leads them to the park, and the wives and Willie’s mother go to hunt for their absent ones. Willie manages to finally lead the boys to the park pond, where he discloses the trick, and the “rubberers” all fall into the water in surprise. The mother takes Willie away, and Mrs. Schmaltz and Mrs. Casey keep their husbands ducking until they promise they will never rubber again.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 11 October 1913, page ?] A young boy masquerading by accident as a girl attracts a large following of men by virtue of the shapely limbs in this part reel comedy of frivolous people. The “rubbernecks” come to grief in a pond and the boy’s mother leads him home at the finish by one of his ears. The film is mildly amusing.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 November 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
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