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The Hicksville Epicure
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [the constable, the epicure], Gus Pixley [the prisoner; and the cook], Lillian Orth (Louise Orth) [the fashion plate], Gertrude Bambrick [a Purity League member], Kate Toncray [a Purity League member]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Anita Loos. / Released 22 May 1913; in a split-reel with Cinderella and the Boob (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? It may have been due to the Purity League that there were no prisoners in the town jail and the constable slept on his job. Anyway, a drunken tramp appears as the first criminal in the town. He proves himself an epicure of the cook stove, and a handy prisoner around the jail. Naturally, the constable is loath to let him go. The farce relates how President Purity stepped in and settled the case. She broke up the constable’s little game when he would sentence the prisoner for life.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 April 2020.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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