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The Fatal Violin
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: [?] Lloyd Hamilton [Ham]?, Bud Duncan [Bud], Ethel Teare, Henry Murdock
Kalem Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 19 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? With poor Bud life is just one job after another, until he decides to take up baggage smashing. But he happens to get hold of the mysterious white violin case which marks him as a friend to the members of a blood and thunder anarchistic society. The case contains a violin which is really an ingenious infernal machine, for the bow is a knife and when it cuts the strings the violin explodes. The anarchists cast lots to decide who shall play the violin at Mrs. Rollerhill’s concert, and the cards are stacked to give the job to poor Bud. Wherever he goes after that, gingerly carrying the violin case, the anarchists are with him, even to the Rollerhill concert. But mix-ups follow, and though they bring on a rapid succession of laughs and give poor Bud many a trying moment, it all ends happily.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 April 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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