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A Queen of the Burlesque
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 260 feet
Directed by Ashley Miller
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 11 February 1910 by [?] Thomas A. Edison or Edison Manufacturing Company? [J138281-J138282]. Released 11 February 1910; in a split-reel with An Equine Hero (1910). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A cheap burlesque show is coming to the little village, and out of pure mischief the village billposter has posted one of the “queens” on the billboard next to the church. While the children are delighted with its beauty, the older members of the congregation are thrown into a panic, especially when the feminine half of the congregation discovers that the men folks seem to require considerable study of the poster before making their decision as to its demerits. One of the small bills of the play, depicting a typical burlesque girl, falls into the hands of a group of children the next morning. Through the desire of each one to get possession of it, they get into a squabble just outside the gate of a spinster of the town. She takes the picture away, after a lecture to the children on their depravity, and out of disappointment and anger they plan a terrible revenge. This same spinster is beloved by a deacon of the church, and the children’s revenge turns out so successfully that the love affair is broken off. Just what the children accomplish with a pair of stockings they have stolen from the old maid’s clothes line and stuffed into terrible shapelessness under the lee of her own fence, can better be told by the picture than in words. Enough to say that it provides a scene which, for uniqueness and extravagant humor, it would be difficult to surpass.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 26 February 1910, page 298] A picture based upon a development of extravagant humor which can scarcely be described in print. But perhaps it is sufficient to say that some mischief-loving children, bent upon vengeance, succeeded in making a spinster very ridiculous in the eyes of an elder of the church and he breaks off the engagement. It is all extravagantly funny and causes more than one laugh even though there is a species of broad suggestion which may be resented by some, or, at least, deplored. . . . Better look at the picture and make your own decision.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children - Spinsters
Listing updated: 8 October 2023.
References: Lahue-World p. 6 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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