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Her Painted Hero
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Richard Jones (F. Richard Jones)
Cast: Hale Hamilton [A Matinee Idol], Charles Murray [A Property Man], George Summerville (Slim Summerville) [A Bill Poster], Polly Moran [A Stage-Struck Maiden], Harry Booker [The Maiden's Father], Dan Albert [the dressing room attendant], Bobby Dunn [the laughing party guest], Grover Ligon [the valet], Wesley Ruggles [the effeminate party guest], [?] Harold Lloyd [the minister]?
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Mack Sennett. Assistant director, Arvid E. Gillstrom. Cinematography by Felix Schoedsack [?] (Ernest B. Schoedsack)? / Released 21 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Charles Murray, a property man, and Slim Summerville, a billposter, love Polly Moran, a stage-struck maiden, who, in turn adores a matinee idol. Hale Hamilton. Harry Booker, who is Polly’s father, receives word from the executor of his brother’s estate that he is the heir. They move into a mansion where Polly and Murray are about to be married. Hamilton is a wedding guest. Before the ceremony, Murray’s jealousy manifests itself and the two men quarrel. Summerville and Booker also get into the argument and a general melee follows. All kinds of handy ammunition is used in a running battle among the trees and shrubbery of the Booker estate. The final result of the dispute is Polly’s refusal to wed Murray and her suggestion to Hamilton that she will back him in a new production if he will assign her to the leading woman’s part. Polly appears at the theater and her inexperience causes many ludicrous situations. She ruins a scene and in the general disorder some inflammable material backstage catches fire. Murray grabs a hose and turns it on everybody. Polly is accidentally lifted with the curtain and falls from the top of the proscenium arch. A bomb is thrown on the stage and the explosion blows Hamilton, Murray and Slim out of sight. Hamilton leaves in disgust. Polly and Murray reunite.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Communication: Telephones
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Lahue-Kops p. 155; Lahue-Triangle pp. 132, 170 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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