The Kansas Saloon Smashers
(1901) American
B&W : [?] 60 or 65? feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 23 February 1901 by Thomas A. Edison [H1404]. Released 16 March 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] : A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron, is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him are polished plate glass mirrors. A comical Irishman enters, sets a huge pail on the bar to be filled, and while he is drinking a glass of foam beer, Mrs. Nation and her followers enter with their hatchets. One of the women jams the Irishman's stiff hat down over his eyes and another one douses him with his own pail of beer. They then wreck the saloon and smash the mirrors, bottles, cash register and bar fixtures. The bartender plays a stream of seltzer water on Mrs. Nation, and as she backs away from behind the counter, a policeman enters and hustles everybody out. Very exciting. Full of comedy from start to finish.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 10 July 2007.

References: Website-AFI.

Home Video: DVD.