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The Absent Minded Valet
Also known as [The Absent-Minded Valet]
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Frederick A. Thompson
Cast: Hughie Mack [Joe Price], Kate Price [Mrs. Price, Joe’s mother], Harry T. Morey [Mr. Fussly]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by John Daly Murray. / Released [?] 9 September or 2 December? 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? With a “dome” of solid ivory, Joe Price is the acme of absent-mindedness. His mother tells him he must get a job. She sees an advertisement in the paper for a valet, goes with him to make an application for the position. He is employed by Mr. Fussly, who has no end of trouble with him. When he leaves for a summer resort, he forgets the keys to the trunk, mislays the railroad tickets, and mails the trunk checks instead of some letters entrusted to him, and when he discovers the mistake, he tries to extricate them from the box and is arrested for robbing the mail. Mr. Fussly is obliged to secure his release. To cap the climax, he lets the water overflow the bathtub, when preparing a bath for his employer. Mr. Fussly is aroused to such fury that he grabs the valet and throws him bodily into the steaming tub of water, sousing him repeatedly into it whenever he attempts to get out.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 January 2025.
References: Braff-Short n. 17 : Website-IMDb.
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