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Hooligan Causes a Sensation
(1901) United States of America
B&W : 100 feet
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton [?] and Albert E. Smith?

Cast: J. Stuart Blackton [Happy Hooligan]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Produced by [?] Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton? From the comic strip “Happy Hooligan” by Frederick Burr Opper. Cinematography by [?] Albert E. Smith? / Released July 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] Hooligan is hard at work, sawing wood. A sign on the shutter reads: — “No. 71, Mrs. Marshall, Laundress. Samples in this window. Closed Sunday after 11 A.M.” Hooligan stops sawing and knocks on the shutter, and the sign on the closed half read as follows: “I shall undress in this window Sunday A.M.” Hooligan sees the point and frantically calls to the passerby. A policeman hustles him off.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

References: Slide-BigV pp. 10, 171 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.