| Damaged — No Goods(1917) United States of America
 B&W : Two reels
 Directed by Jack White and J.A. Howe
 Cast: Lloyd Hamilton [Mark], Gertrude Selby [Gertrude], William E. Lawrence (W.E. Lawrence) [the count], Max Davidson [Gertrude’s father], Anita Burrell, Mildred Lee, [?] Dave Morris? Henry Lehrman Productions production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Sunshine Comedies; A Henry Lehrman Production]. / Presented by William Fox. / Released 23 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Comedy. Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 8 December 1917, page ?] Father and daughter have their respective love affairs, and father, while opposing daughter’s choice of a lover, is found out to be considerable of a sport among the feminine kind. To gain entrée to the home of his sweetheart, the daughter’s lover disguises as a woman, wins the admiration of the father, and is about to elope with the girl when the plot is discovered. Finally, after considerable amusing horse play all parties are caught in a “young cyclone” in the midst of which the most surprising near-accidents occur following each other in rapid action. There are various other clever touches throughout the picture that are bound to bring laughs, such as the using of a Ford car in pushing a sightseeing bus up-hill, and the spilling off the back of the bus of all the passengers. A strange, wonderful manipulation of a bed is another amusing feature. Synopsis: Parody of Damaged Goods (1914). Survival status: (unknown) Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords: Parodies Listing updated: 6 February 2023. References: Sloan-Loud pp. 86, 147 : Website-IMDb. |