A Disappointed Mama
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Charles Murray [the traveling salesman], Madge Kirby [Alice Maxwell, the daughter], Charles H. West (Charles West) [the daughter’s suitor], Kathleen Butler [the maid], John T. Dillon [a second at the duel; and a man in front of the hotel], Dell Henderson [a ‘down-and-out’], William Beaudine [a man in front of the hotel], Grace Henderson [a woman in front of the hotel], Florence Lee [a woman in front of the hotel]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Dell Henderson. / Released 26 September 1912; in a split-reel with A Mixed Affair (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mamma takes her daughter to the seashore where she hopes to catch a titled husband for her. The daughter, however, does not enthuse over the idea of being a countess or a duchess, anticipating a happier future as the wife of a suitor of her own choice. Mamma, in her anxiety to capture a titled son-in-law, is about to marry her daughter to an adventurer posing as a count, whose designs are thwarted by a traveling salesman.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 April 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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