A rustic out in the wilds of Brooklyn comes across John Bunny with a rope, preparing to hang himself. Instead of trying to stop him, he rushes back to town so that everyone can come and witness this event in this Vitagraph split reel comedy.
This movie is actually an amusing minor variation on an early Max Linder movie, LE PENDU (1906). The Pickwickian Bunny (usually with the leading supporting player in this film, Flora Finch) was Vitagraph's leading comic star until his death in 1915; in an era when most studios hid their players' names lest they demand more money, Vitagraph put Bunny's name in the movie's title.
A copy of this movie has been posted to the Eye Institute site on Youtube.
This movie is actually an amusing minor variation on an early Max Linder movie, LE PENDU (1906). The Pickwickian Bunny (usually with the leading supporting player in this film, Flora Finch) was Vitagraph's leading comic star until his death in 1915; in an era when most studios hid their players' names lest they demand more money, Vitagraph put Bunny's name in the movie's title.
A copy of this movie has been posted to the Eye Institute site on Youtube.