15 February 1909 Comedy 10 mins
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
Watch the official The Curtain Pole 1909 trailer in HD below.
Mack Sennett as Monsieur Dupont
Harry Solter as Mr. Edwards
Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Edwards
Linda Arvidson as Party planner / Woman on street
Jeanie Macpherson as Party planner / Nurse with buggy
Arthur V. Johnson as Man in bar / Vegetable vendor / Party guest
George Gebhardt as Man in top hat
D.W. Griffith Director
D.W. Griffith Writer
Mack Sennett Writer
Billy Bitzer Story
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
United States 15 February 1909
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1909's silent short The Curtain Pole is included in the Blu-ray set The Mack Sennet Collection Vol. 1 released by Flicker Alley in 2014.
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole ...
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