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Accidents Will Happen
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 265 feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 7 February 1903 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H27981]. Released September 1900. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was shot on 28 August 1900. The film was also sold in an abbreviated 44-foot length.

Comedy: Trick.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A street scene. A Dutchman goes down through a coal hole, and only his head shows above the sidewalk. A young man, slightly intoxicated, comes out of a saloon, sees the hat, and kicks off the entire head. He is horrified, and runs after the head. The headless man comes up through the hole, and the young man places the head back on the shoulders. The Dutchman, thereupon rubs his neck to see that it is all right, and the young man apologizes, and invites the Dutchman into the saloon for a drink.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Barbershops - Hats: Derby - Shovels

Listing updated: 24 August 2023.

References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Niver-Early p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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