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The Villain Foiled
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett [?] and Henry Lehrman?
Cast: Edward Dillon [Harry, the fiancé], Blanche Sweet [Miss Page], Joseph Graybill [Hector Durant, the villain], Kate Bruce [Miss Page’s mother], William J. Butler [the club valet], Fred Mace [Harry’s first friend], Dell Henderson [Harry’s second friend], Eddie Lyons [a club member], Vivian Prescott
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by Percy Higginson. / Released 31 August 1911; in a split-reel with The Baron (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? An unsuccessful suitor gets his rival drunk, so as to win the girl away from him. The intended victim’s friends, however, thwart the villain’s plans by making it appear that the girl’s sweetheart had attempted suicide because of her coldness. This so impresses the girl that she consents to an immediate marriage to the young man by the minister they have called in.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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