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Uncle's Namesakes (1913) |
UNCLE'S NAMESAKES (December 12, 1913) with the Thanhouser Twins |
Uncle’s Namesakes (One reel, approx. 1,000
feet, released December 12, 1913)
Print source: British Film Institute, 15 minutes.
Cast: David H. Thompson (Jack, a needy young husband), Lila Chester (May, his wife), Sidney Bracy (Uncle John Henry Carson), Madeline and Marion Fairbanks (the uncle's namesakes), Justus D. Barnes.
This story of an American family’s innocent deception to earn money from a rich English relative is about as broad as Thanhouser comedy ever got. The Thanhouser studio avoided slapstick despite the vigorous success the genre was enjoying at other studios. Young movie actresses of the time often portrayed boys, but here the Thanhouser Twins get to make fun of the practice.
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