Winning the Old Man Over
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: [?] ? [Doctor Slap], [?] ? [Tom]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 6 February 1915; in a split-reel with The Club Pest (1915). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Doctor Slap sent his negro assistant to rob the graveyard. The frightened darky depended upon some friends of Tom, whom the doctor had forbidden to see his daughter. Tom played the corpse, and on threat of arrest as a body snatcher the old man consented to their marriage.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 April 2020.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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