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An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers
(1907) United States of America
B&W : 683 feet
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson

Cast: Ben Turpin [the hobo], Gilbert M. Anderson [a bystander]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Gilbert P. Hamilton. / Released [?] 27 or 31? July 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Essanay’s first production.

Comedy.

Synopsis: A tramp has trouble on rollerskates.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Rollerskates - Tramps

Listing updated: 27 October 2013.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 486, 598; Slide-Early p. 22 : Website-Essanay; Website-IMDb.