Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Phoney Cannibal - 1915


Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Chance Ward
Writer: Doty Hobart (story)
Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Bud Duncan and Charles Inslee
Release Date: 27 April 1915 (USA)
Production Co: Kalem Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Ham And Bud Series | Actor Shares First Name With Character
Genres: Short | Comedy
Ham fears he's accidentally killed his landlady, so he and Bud go on the run, disguised as an explorer and a cannibal.  

The Water Nymph - 1912


Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Mack Sennett
Stars: Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett and Ford Sterling
Release Date: 23 September 1912 (USA)
Also known as: The Beach Flirt (USA - reissue title)
Filming Locations: Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production Co: Keystone Film Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Remake
Genres: Comedy | Short
Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.
Trivia
Released with Cohen Collects a Debt as the second half of a single reel offering on 23 September 1912, this was the initial Mack Sennett Keystone comedy release.
Connections
Remake of The Diving Girl (1911)

His Mother - 1912


Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Sidney Olcott
Writer: Gene Gauntier
Stars: J.P. McGowan, Gene Gauntier and Jack J. Clark
Release Date: 26 January 1912 (USA)
Filming Locations: Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland
Production Co: Kalem Company
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Drama | Short
An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in America.

What's the World Coming To? - 1926


Country: United States
Language: English
Directors: Richard Wallace, F. Richard Jones
Writers: Malcolm Stuart Boylan (titles), Frank Terry, Stan Laurel, Hal Yates
Stars: Clyde Cook, Katherine Grant and James Finlayson
Release Date: 17 January 1926 (USA)
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Question Mark In Title | Apostrophe In Title | Question In Title | Contraction In Title | Punctuation In Title
Genres: Short | Comedy