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Nailing on the Lid
Also known as Nailing a Lie in the USA
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)
Cast: Ben Turpin [Orlando, the sociologist], Paddy McQuire (Paddy McGuire) [Bungling Bill Rooney], Rena Rogers [the daughter], Jack Gaines [the father], Arthur Moon [the daughter’s sweetheart]
Vogue Films, Incorporated, production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released [?] 4 or 10? June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rooney, a politician, reads in the papers that Bloggie spends his noon hour telling the other employees that Rooney is a crook. Rooney later meets the father of the girl. When they reach the father’s home they find the girl in the arms of her sweetheart. Rooney orders father to get rid of Moon. In the mix-up which follows, Rooney gets the worst of it. Rooney falls with an awful thud. Rooney has Bloggie arrested for murder. But father comes to, and Rooney promises him some money if he will pretend he is dead until Bloggie is found guilty and executed. Father, sore at his treatment, exposes Rooney, and is locked up for perjury.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 January 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 598 : Website-IMDb.
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