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A Millionaire for a Day
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by F.A. Thomson (Frederick A. Thomson)
Cast: John R. Cumpson [Fred Dudley], Frank Russell [the foreman], Frank Crane (Frank Hall Crane) [the bank cashier], H.S. Mack (Hayward Mack) [the bank teller], M. Long [?] (Walter Long)? [the clerk in the clothing store], [?] Rogers J.R.? [the gambler], William Cunningham [the judge]
Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distibuted by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by Carl Laemmle. From a screen story by F.A. Thomson (Frederick A. Thomson). / Released 22 April 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Fred Dudley, who is a mechanic, suddenly becomes heir to a fortune. He gives up his job and goes to the bank and demands all the money, in cash. From there he visits a clothing store, where he invests in an entire new outfit. On the way he decides he needs a shine and after getting same, engages the bootblack, Sneeze, to act as his valet. He rigs him out, and charters a special train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, from Wilkes-Barre to New York. The entire crew are handed money lavishly. On his arrival in New York he is met by two men, who claim previous acquaintance. They start him right by taking him to the Hotel Astor. From there he starts out to see the town, doing the theaters, the Bowery, the Tenderloin, where a Turky Trot dance is in progress. He ends the day of amusement by playing faro and loses every cent. Being unable to pay his taxicab bill he is arrested, and arraigned in the night court, where he tells his story to the judge, who discharges him with a reprimand on condition that he leaves town immediately. We next see Fred in the freight yards looking for a car which will bring him to Wilkes-Barre. After two days on the road, he arrives home, a sadder and a wiser man. The foundry looks good to him and he goes back to the foreman, asking for his old job again.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 November 2022.
References: Bohn-Light p. 35 : Website-IMDb.
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