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Mashing the Masher
(1908) United States of America
B&W : 300 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / © 10 February 1908 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H106081]. Released 29 February 1908. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A common nuisance, and one too frequently seen (a masher), is posing on a street corner ogling all females as they pass. Two young ladies appear, the “irresistible” man bows to them. They are very indignant and pass on, the masher following and annoying them. They finally reach home in no amiable state of mind. Three young men are playing cards as the girls enter. They tell of their experience, and the men plan to make an example of the cheeky individual. The girls wish to avoid any violence and hit upon a plan, which though less forcible, will teach the masher a good lesson. The scheme is thoroughly discussed; all join in laughter over it. One of the girls sits down, writes a note, “Meet me at the corner of Broadway and Sixth Avenue at six to-night. Look for a white straw hat,” signed An Admirer. Calls a messenger who is instructed to deliver it to their disturber. At the masher’s home he is lounging around in a smoking jacket, smoking a cigarette, when the messenger arrives and hands him the note. He reads it, is overjoyed, looks at his watch, then proceeds to dress with great care. His toilet complete, he proceeds to keep the “date.” Arriving at the street corner our friend poses, frequently consulting his watch. In a second story room, directly over the position taken by the “dude,” the “boys” are arranging boxes of rubbish, pails of water, etc., with which to surprise the masher. On the corner the “nuisance” is waiting for his admirer. Around the corner the girls are peeping, waiting for the signal from the boys overhead. A white hat is lowered down until the masher sees it, looks upward, and at this moment a perfect avalanche of straw hats, piles of rubbish, old shoes, pails of water, etc., fall upon him. The girls appear on the scene, dance around in great glee at the masher’s discomfiture. // [From Vitagraph promotional materials] A dude stands on the corner and annoys young ladies who pass — Two of them tell their brothers and arrange to play a joke on the masher — They write him a note making an appointment to meet him at a certain corner, and while he is waiting the two brothers throw huge piles of rubbish out of a window above where he is waiting and the masher is thus mashed.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 December 2024.
References: Slide-BigV p. 178 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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