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Muggsy Becomes a Hero
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 693 feet
Directed by Frank Powell
Cast: William A. Quirk (Billy Quirk) [Muggsy], Mary Pickford [Mabel], Grace Henderson [Mabel’s mother], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [Muggsy’s friend], Jack Pickford [Mary’s brother], William J. Butler [the pastor], Kate Bruce [one of the Frost sisters], Claire McDowell [one of the Frost sisters], Dell Henderson [a tramp], Alfred Paget [a tramp], Charles Craig [a man outside the church], Edwin August, Francis J. Grandon, Anthony O’Sullivan, Mack Sennett
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Frank E. Woods. Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 6 September 1910 by Biograph Company [J144969]. Released 1 September 1910; in a split-reel with The Affair of an Egg (1910). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 3 September 1910, page ?] When we left Muggsy in our last subject, he had just redeemed himself with his sweetheart Mabel. Hence it is that when Mabel is requested by mamma to accompany her to the church meeting, she sends him a note asking him to meet her after service and he may walk home with her. Muggsy is there on time all right, but fate conspires again. The sisters Frost, two spinsters, on their way to church, were accosted by a couple of burly tramps who frightened the poor old ladies, so that they were afraid to make the return trip unaccompanied. So the pastor asks that some of the men escort them. Poor Muggsy is hooked, much to his chagrin, and when the trio reach the deserted part of the road, the tramps again appear. Muggsy assures the ladies of his protection, so to fear not. This declaration the tramps regard as a joke. Well, the affair is on, and although Muggsy next appears in a torn, disheveled condition, his opponents have to be carried bodily to the cooler—both knocked out. Mabel is justly proud of her Muggsy.
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: 4 June 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 42; Eyman-Pickford p. 325; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Legacy.
Home video: DVD.
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