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Ye Olden Grafter
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 530 feet
Directed by David Kirkland

Cast: Mack Swain [the grafter], Mae Busch [the lady], Harry Gribbon [the gentleman flirt], Eddie Cline [the knight], Billie Walsh [the first painter], Harry D. Ward [the second painter]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / © 18 February 1915 by The Keystone Film Company [LP4498]. Released 18 February 1915; in a split-reel with A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition (1915). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Circumstantial Evidence.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 May 2024.

References: Lahue-Kops p. 151; Lahue-Mack p. 298; LoC-MoPic-2 p. 608; Sherk-Sennett p. 225; Walker-Sennett p. 310 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.