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Pants and Pansies
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Harry McCoy [May’s suitor], Alice Davenport [May], Mabel Normand [the salesgirl]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Thorton Cole. / Released 25 January 1912; in a split-reel with With a Kodak (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? May’s sweetheart is a traveling salesman, and on the last day of his trip be writes May that be will arrive the following day and will call as soon as possible. On his way to the hotel he procures a bunch of pansies to send her. While writing the note. “I hope to see you wearing these when I call,” he knocks the ink bottle over on his trousers. He must send them to be cleaned, so he sends the hall boy on both errands. On the way the boxes become mixed, and May receives the pants with the letter, “I hope to see you wearing,” etc.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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