Mary Pickford gets one over on her would-be boyfriend when he steals a kiss by getting her Dad to show him his new birthday present - a brand new shotgun. Unusually for Griffith, this is quite a funny comedy, thanks largely to the reactions and physical dexterity of Billy Quirk.
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A Comedy for Fathers of Teenaged Girls
boblipton30 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Billy Quirk is just back from school. He steals a kiss from Mary Pickford, as who wouldn't? Because she is a good girl, she pretends to be insulted and threatens to tell her father. When Billy visits her at home, her father goes out to meet him, carrying the birthday gift he has just received: a new shotgun.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth is the text for this D.W. Griffith split-reel comedy. It's a clever variation on the chase comedy, and Billy gets to run through a lot of variations, aided by an undercranked comedy and no one running after him, for a very amusing result.
I have looked at more than three dozen of the early films posted on the Library of Congress National Screening Room site. This is the first with a score, provided Ben Model.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth is the text for this D.W. Griffith split-reel comedy. It's a clever variation on the chase comedy, and Billy gets to run through a lot of variations, aided by an undercranked comedy and no one running after him, for a very amusing result.
I have looked at more than three dozen of the early films posted on the Library of Congress National Screening Room site. This is the first with a score, provided Ben Model.
Terrible
Single-Black-Male22 January 2004
This 4 minute silent film was poorly observed and dreadfully executed. I felt that there was no entertainment value in it whatsoever, and that apart from the fact that there is a relationship between creativity and commerce, there was no point in commissioning this film.
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