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A Dog Lost, Strayed, or Stolen
Also known as A Dog Lost, Strayed or Stolen. $25.00 Reward. Apply to Mrs. Brown, 711 Park Ave. in the USA
(1905) United States of America
B&W : [?] 225 or 480? feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
[?] S. Lubin or Lubin Manufacturing Company? production; distributed by [?] S. Lubin or Lubin Manufacturing Company? / © 23 May 1905 by Siegmund Lubin [H61274]. Released 3 June 1905. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Lubin promotional materials] Mrs. Brown soon misses her dog. She at once goes to the advertising department of the Daily News and inserts the following advertisement: “A dog lost, strayed or stolen. $25.00 reward. Apply to Mrs. Brown.” As soon as the afternoon paper came out, a big crowd began to call at Mrs. Brown’s who, frightened at so many dogs, started to run away to evade the increasing number of dogs. Now starts one of the funniest chases ever seen. It is almost impossible to describe the chase, going up hill and down hill, over fences, through the city streets and the country lanes. Mrs. Brown in the lead, over too people with so many dogs following. After a most lively chase, Mrs. Brown reaches the back door of her residence, enter quickly and closes the two iron gates just before the crowd with the dogs are upon the spot. The disappointed people, none of whom received the $25.00, leave one by one. Mrs. Brown’s dog is still missing, and if you find it, call and get the $25.00. The funniest chase film of the season. (This film can be shown with the greatest success with the film “TRAMP'S REVENGE” as one picture.)
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 January 2009.
References: Musser-Emerge pp. 394, 601 : Website-AFI.
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