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Maggie’s First False Step
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Frank Griffin [?] and Mack Sennett?

Cast: Charles Murray [the floorwalker], Louise Fazenda [Maggie, the country girl], Harry Booker [Maggie’s father], Wallace Beery [the villain], Alice Davenport [Maggie’s mother], Mary Thurman

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / Released 25 February 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Louise Fazenda, a country girl, has always lived a quiet life until Wallace Beery motored into the village and offered to make her famous. She had always been inclined to incur the wrath of her parents by trying to sing and Beery assures her that he can soon make her a great singer if she will run away with him. In his machine he takes her to the city, where he accidentally meets his wife. Quick action being required he throws Louise out of the machine and she finds herself alone and without a job in a strange city. While sitting in the park wondering what to do, she meets Charles Murray, who is a floor walker in a department store. He takes her with him and puts her to work in the store. Beery has succeeded in stealing all her money, but she manages finally to get it back. Her parents learning of her elopement come to the city to rescue her, but the father becomes much interested in the pretty shop girls and gets into trouble. Louise falls in love with the floor walker.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Transportation: Automobiles, Motorcycles

Listing updated: 13 August 2023.

References: Lahue-Kops p. 163 : Website-IMDb.

 
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