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The Manicure Lady
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Mack Sennett [the barber], Vivian Prescott [the manicure lady], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [the rich cad], Florence LaBadie [his girlfriend in the car], Verner Clarges [the flirting old man], Kate Bruce [the old man’s wife], W.C. Robinson [the second customer, who shaves himself], Guy Hedlund [the third customer, who has his hair pulled], Grace Henderson [the brusque lunchroom hostess], Claire McDowell [a lunchroom hostess], William J. Butler [the maitre d’ of the Casa Verdugo] Charles H. West [the thin waiter at the Casa Verdugo], Kate Toncray [the second manicurist], [?] ? [the chauffeur]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edwin August. Cinematography by Percy Higginson. / Released 18 May 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Glendale, California. The rich man’s automobile appears to be D.W. Griffith’s actual car, with his initials painted on the car door.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the private film collection of Richard M. Roberts.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Barbers - Barber poles - Barber shops - Flowers - Proposals - Restaurants - Signage - Street scenes - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Transportation: Automobiles, Streetcars

Listing updated: 17 August 2014.

References: Film viewing : Everson-American p. 262; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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