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Hooligan Assists the Magician
(1900) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton [?] and Albert E. Smith?

Cast: J. Stuart Blackton [Happy Hooligan]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Produced by [?] Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton? From the comic strip “Happy Hooligan” by Frederick Burr Opper. Cinematography by [?] Albert E. Smith? / © 16 November 1900 by Thomas A. Edison [D21658]. Released November 1900. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some wonderful experiments, and when he requests some assistance Happy Hooligan immediately volunteers his services and climbs upon the platform. As he does so, the professor vanishes through the floor and the amateur assistant is left alone with nothing but a couple of barrels, which, however, immediately begin to cut up some remarkable capers. The whole film forms a series of most startling and laughable effects.

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

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

References: Slide-BigV p. 172 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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