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A Submarine Pirate
Also known as {The Submarine Pirate}
(1915) American
B&W : Four reels / 3512 feet
Directed by Charles Avery and Sydney Chaplin + [Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)]

Cast: Sydney Chaplin [the ambitious waiter], Glen Cavender [a shrewd inventor], Wesley Ruggles [his accomplice], Phyllis Allen [a pugnacious guest], Cecile Arnold, Joseph Swickard (Josef Swickard), Fritz Schade, [?] ? Binney

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Mack Sennett. Assistant production manager, Hampton Del Ruth. Assistant director, Grover G. Tigor. Cinematography by [?] ? Armstrong. / © 3 December 1915 by Triangle Film Corporation [LU7110]. © 27 December 1915 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP8841]. Released 26 December 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Submarine Story. Limbacher-Feature p. 237 erroniously lists the director as Mack Sennett.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Communication: Telephones - Restaurants - Submarines - United States Navy - Waiters

Listing updated: 1 September 2009.

References: Lahue-Kops p. 156; Lahue-Triangle pp. 131, 194; Lahue-World p. 85; Limbacher-Feature p. 237; Spehr-American p. 101; Tarbox-Lost pp. 246, 252 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.