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The Fall of Muscle-Bound Hicks
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Jack Mulhall [Harry], Gus Pixley [‘Muscle-Bound’ Hicks], Madge Kirby [Harry’s sweetheart], Dell Henderson [Harry’s second]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 24 September 1914; in a split-reel with The Plumber’s Picnic (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Harry’s sweetheart becomes infatuated with Muscle-Bound Hicks, the pugilistic champion, so Harry decides to take boxing lessons and challenge Hicks. Harry discovers that a cheese, on which the manager is training his champion to make him strong, makes Hicks sick. On the night of the fight, when Harry is being chased all over the ring, his second observes one of the audience eating a cheese sandwich of the kind Hicks dislikes. They secure the cheese, daub it on Harry’s gloves and Hicks quickly meets his finish. Then Harry’s sweetheart tells him he is her hero.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 April 2020.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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