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The Best Man Wins
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: William A. Carroll [the groom], Grace Lewis [the bride], Gus Pixley [the best man], Florence Lee [the first bridesmaid], Frank Opperman [the father], Kate Toncray [the mother], Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [the policeman], [?] Victoria Forde? [the second bridesmaid]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by George Terwilliger. / Released 9 January 1913; in a split-reel with The Bite of a Snake (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 September 2018.

References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.