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A Near Tragedy
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Fred Mace [the sheriff], Alice Davenport

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 5 February 1912; in a split-reel with Lily’s Leaves (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A vaudeville sketch team is fired by the manager, who says their act is “rotten.” In their hotel room that evening, the couple rehearse their act, and the constable, seeing the figures silhouetted against the window shade, thinks murder is being committed. He arouses the sheriff, and they rush to the rescue, only to find the two actors trying to bolster up that “rotten act.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 June 2024.

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

 
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