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Priscilla’s April Fool Joke
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Frank Powell
Cast: Florence Barker [Priscilla], Joseph Graybill [Harry], Edward Dillon [Paul], Stephanie Longfellow [Alice], Vivian Prescott, Dorothy West, William Beaudine [the young man on the lawn], Blanche Sweet [the young woman on the lawn]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Frank E. Woods. Assistant director, William Beaudine. Cinematography by Percy Higginson. / Released 27 March 1911; in a split-reel with Cured (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Paul is sitting with Priscilla on a bench in a secluded spot. Paul is reading to Priscilla, but she steals away to gather some flowers to surprise him with. Alice and Harry are viewing this from a distance and when Priscilla has gone Alice conceives the idea of taking her place. When Priscilla returns she finds Paul being fondled by Alice. Ten thousand furies. Another lovers’ quarrel ensues. Paul, innocent, tries to explain but Priscilla will not listen. However, the truth of the situation is learned and Priscilla is determined to get even, by turning the laugh on the jokers. Both Paul and Priscilla leave notes in a conspicuous place purporting to their having cast themselves into the sea, leaving their wraps on the shore to apparently verify their act. They are now impressed by the maxim “He laughs best who laughs last.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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