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Desperate Desmond Almost Succeeds
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Thomas Ricketts (Tom Ricketts)

Cast: Betsy Keller (Betty Keller) [Rosamond]

Nestor Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by David Horsley. From the comic strip “Desperate Desmond” by Harry Hershfeld. / Released 11 November 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 May 2014.

References: Website-IMDb.