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Midnight at the Old Mill
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Lloyd V. Hamilton (Lloyd Hamilton)
Cast: Lloyd V. Hamilton (Lloyd Hamilton) [Ham], Bud Duncan [Bud], Ethel Teare [Sheila Gettem], Al Edmondson (Albert Edmondson) [Doc Sawbones]
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 6 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Ham and Bud land jobs as gardeners at the Sawbones home. The Doc receives word that a bundle containing “you know what” will be waiting for him at the old mill at midnight. The Doc and his three fellow workers sharpen their instruments in gleeful anticipation of a night of experiments. Ham and Bud have meanwhile been more busy with their rivalry for the favor of the Doc’s daughter than their gardening duties. Bud is the favored one, and when he hears the Doc instructing Ham to go to the old mill at midnight to get the bundle he hurries there first and slips into a bag. Ham is scared stiff enough when he puts the bag on his shoulders without the necessity of Bud tickling his ribs, which makes Ham do the four-mile journey back to the house in two seconds flat. Back on the operating table Bud makes his presence known, and then on a pretext succeeds in inducing Ham to take his place for a few minutes. Then while Bud is managing his elopement with the fair daughter, the doctors prepare for their task. But the corpse comes to life, and starts a train of complications.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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