Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theatres
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Pandora's Box BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  The Mix-Up at Murphy’s (1914)
 
Progressive Silent Film List
A growing source of silent era film information.
This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
About This Listing

Report Omissions or Errors
in This Listing

 

The Mix-Up at Murphy’s
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Edward Dillon

Cast: Edward Dillon

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 13 August 1914; in a split-reel with Cheering Mr. Goodheart (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A farce comedy. The tramp who stole the chicken and was pursued into town where contractor Murphy was giving a costume party, had a series of mistaken identity incidents with the fiancé of Murphy’s daughter who makes up as a tramp for the party.

Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 29 August 1914, page ?] A laughable farce comedy. Murphy is giving a costume party. A tramp steals a chicken and being pursued mixes in with the mummers. A series of mistaken identity incidents go to make the fun. On the same reel with “Curing Mr. Goodheart.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 June 2024.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  The Mix-Up at Murphy’s (1914)
 
Perez Collection Vol 2
Become a Patron of Silent Era

LINKS IN THIS COLUMN
WILL TAKE YOU TO
EXTERNAL WEBSITES

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Cat and the Canary Standard BD

Charley Chase 1927 BD

Capra at Columbia UHD/BD

Little Rascals Vol 1 BD

Floating Weeds BD