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Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Dell Henderson [Jenks], Florence Lee [Jenks’ wife], Charles Murray [the police chief], Kate Toncray [the first visitor], Sylvia Ashton [the second visitor], Dave Morris [the valet], [?] Clarence Barr? [a policeman], [?] Bud Duncan? [a policeman], [?] Charles Gorman? [a policeman], [?] Gertrude Bambrick? [a woman on the street], [?] William Beaudine? [a man in the club], [?] William J. Butler? [a man in the club], [?] Edward Dillon? [a man in the club], [?] Gus Pixley? [a man in the club], [?] W.C. Robinson? [a man in the club]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by William E. Wing. Assistant director, William Beaudine. / Released 9 June 1913; in a split-reel with Red Hicks Defies the World (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Peter Jenkins is the meek and servile husband of his better half. He lurks at home with her, tying the ribbon on the family cat. These fireside propensities are too much for Mrs. Jenkins. She gives him a dollar and tells him to go and be a regular man. She wants real paint. Jenks surprises her fondest hopes, but she decides that after all, the family cat acts as a good leverage.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.

 
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