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A Bunch of Matches
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Robert McKenzie [old daddy], Florence Cato [a daughter], Margie Reiger [a daughter], Hazel Applegate [a daughter], Victor Potel [the clerk], Ben Turpin [the justice of the peace], Bill Cato, Harry Pollard (Snub Pollard), Pat Rooney (Patrick Rooney), Tom Crizer (Thomas J. Crizer), [?] Harry Todd?
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; dsitributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 27 May 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at the Essanay studios in Niles (Fremont), California.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Old daddy drives into town with his bevy of four beautiful daughters. The town boys gather around and daddy perforce must use his driving whip to drive the girls’ sweethearts away from them. They go into the village store and while daddy is buying vinegar, the four girls and their sweethearts spoon behind flour barrels and in nooks about the store. The merry widow comes to town and daddy falls in love with her while he drives her home. The girls and boys make the most of their opportunities and run away to get married. Arrived at the office of the justice of the peace, they fulfill their intentions and daddy wanders in to buy a marriage license. But the fickle widow denies him and takes the justice of the peace himself. The justice faints, however, and the Merry Widow remains a widow.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 November 2022.
References: Spehr-American p. 597 : Website-IMDb.
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