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Bill Joins the W.W.W.’s
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Edward Dillon
Cast: Tammany Young [Bill], Tod Browning [Mr. Hadley], Fay Tincher [Ethel], Max Davidson [the police captain], Mae Gaston [Minnie], Edward Dillon
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released 25 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The ninth film in the “Bill the Office Boy” series.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Reel Life, 10 October 1914, page ?] On his way to work Bill is attracted by a meeting of the W.W.W.’s, and becomes so absorbed that he forgets business. That same day, Bill’s boss, while motoring with his lady love, neglects to notice the speedometer which had developed about forty-five miles an hour. The result is, he is landed in jail, and, unable to secure bail, he phones Bill the combination of the safe. That young man starts to follow instructions, but, unfortunately, the combination slips his mind, and he hastily goes and secures a pal who is quite adept at opening safes. . . . But when Hadley learns the character of Bill’s accomplice who now shares the secret of the combination, he is not a little perturbed.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 January 2011.
References: Skal-Browning pp. 247-248.
Home video: DVD.
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