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Trying to Fool Uncle
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Dell Henderson [Dick], Claire McDowell [Dick’s wife], William J. Butler [Dick’s uncle], Frank Opperman [Dick’s employer], Grace Henderson [Dick’s employer’s wife], W.C. Robinson [a man in the cafe], Kate Toncray [a servant], Sylvia Ashton, [?] Vivian Prescott? [a waitress]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 4 July 1912; in a split-reel with One Round O’Brien (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Dick’s Uncle has always been too indulgent, and so Dick has been wild. Uncle, however, grows tired of Dick’s recklessness and, giving him a roll of money, tells him to go and make a man of himself. Dick, thrown on his own resources, goes to another city, gets a job, and marries a poor girl. He proves capable of taking care of himself, but desiring to impress uncle he plans too big a scheme and nearly loses out.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.

 
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