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A Dental Disaster
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
American Film Manufacturing Company production. / Released 16 January 1911; in a split-reel with The Bartered Bridegrooms (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
[?] Comedy?
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Two rivals for the hand, but more particularly the bank roll, of a wealthy widow, whose money is her only attraction, meet in a hotel where the said widow is residing. The most favored of the two, however, meets with a serious accident which not only affects his personal appearance, but his power of speech as well. He breaks his new set of beautiful upper teeth, and being of an extremely sensitive nature, dares not pay his addresses thus handicapped. He has an extra set, however, which he sends for, and when fully equipped for the fray renews his lovemaking and is on the verge of being accepted, when his rival with malicious intent bumps into him, with the result that his very essential facial adornments are knocked out and lost, putting him completely out of business. They are found in due time by a chambermaid, who places them in the hands of the hotel clerk. Painstaking inquiries fail to locate the owner, so, in order to ascertain to whom they belong, he decides to sell them by auction. The sale is an animated conflict between the rivals, but the preferred suitor outbids his friend, recovers the toothsome morsel and once more is able to smile without embarrassment. The widow falls into his arms when requested to do so, and when she discovers the reason for his past reticence, surprises him by acquainting him with the fact that she, too is on the very familiar terms with her dentist.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 February 2010.
References: Lyons-American p. 218 : Website-IMDb.
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