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The Fable of the Household Comedian

Item number (ISN):

43799

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1914 ?

Item number (ISN):

43799

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

DAWSON CITY MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Accession:

1979-0191

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1914 ?

Production company:

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Production credit:

scenario, George Ade

Cast credit:

Harry Dunkinson, Gerda Holmes

Description:

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This short comedy film begins with a scene of a man and a woman outside, walking. He is talking and the woman is laughing. Intertitle reads: "After Marriage, she had heard the same old Riddles so often she knew the were R__N!" The husband and wife are sitting at the table while a maid serves food. He is still talking and she looks bored. Intertitle reads: "He was just as Funny as the back wheel of an ambulance." As he kisses his wife goodbye to leave for work, he is still talking. She is still bored. Intertitle reads: "She decided to make a fight for Liberty." There is a shot of the wife, now dressed and ready to go out. Intertitle reads: "The persecuted Wife appealed to the Story Book Detective. The chief John Cossar." The wife arrives at the Byrnes Detective Agency. Intertitle reads: "Aha! The Detecto-graph! Now for a regular Plot!" The detective explains the device. An assistant brings the machine. Close-up of what appears to be a screen, some wires, etc. Intertitle reads: "Arranging to get the damning Evidence!" The wife and the detective arrive at her house. He installs the Detecto-graph, with a microphone at the dining room table, with a wire running down to the basement. Intertitle reads: "The inimitable Comique brought Home one that he had heard at the Cigar Store." Shot of the husband at the dinner table. He is telling his joke. Intertitle reads: "The Detective had the Listener to his Ear and was hearing the Worst." Shot of the detective with his earphones on, looking disgusted. At the dinner table, the husband is still laughing. Intertitle reads: "The Detective had to take it down. Oh, how he suffered." Another shot of the detective. Intertitle reads: "At the divorce Trial. The Judge - Rapley Holmes." In the courtroom, the detective hands evidence to the lawyer. Intertitle reads: "The Lawyer: Here is an exact copy of what he pulled on her." The judge reads the material -- it drives him to tears. He calls the husband and wife up to the bench for the decision. Intertitle reads: "The Judge: the Charge of Cruelty has been proven beyond question. Divorce granted -- Alimony $100 a week!" The judge shakes hands with the wife. Intertitle reads: "Moral: All bad actors are not on the stage." Final shot of congratulations in the courtroom.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

D-529

Notes:

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1. George Ade died in 1944.~2. First of three films on the film reel.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

172874

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8103-0414

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

D-0529

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

172875

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8103-0415

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8103-0414

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

211041

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7131

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

Use requires credit be given to the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection, National Archives of Canada.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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