When Macbeth Came to Snakeville (1914) User Reviews

Sophie nearly frightened a "ham actor" to death

[deickemeyer · 11 February 2019]

A picture comedy depicting how Sophie nearly frightened a "ham actor" to death with a butcher knife. Victor Potel, Margaret Joslin and Harry Todd, the usual trio, are the dispensers of the comedy. A tank Shakesperian troupe arrives in town and puts up at Slim's boarding house. Slim discovers Sophie making sheep's eyes at the leading man. After the performance she walks in her sleep and imagines herself Lady Macbeth. She enters the room of the actor, who discovering her, hikes out of town on the tie route. - The Moving Picture World, September 19, 1914