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Ford Sterling (third from left).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Hunt
Also known as [The Double Wedding]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Ford Sterling and Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)
Cast: Ford Sterling [the horse groom], Polly Moran [the maid], May Emory [the society daughter], Bobby Vernon [the first suitor], Fritz Schade [the second suitor], Guy Woodward [the chef rival], Frank Opperman [the master of the house], Fred Fishback (Fred Hibbard) [the escaped prisoner], Billy Gilbert [the second horse groom], Dorothy Hagart, Shorty Hamilton, Ralph McComas
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. From a screen story by Mack Sennett. Comedy construction by Jack Wagner. / Released 26 December 1915. Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Hagart broke both wrists during filming in a fall from a horse.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A novel vein of humor mixed with society life above and below stairs is opened in the new Triangle-Keystone, “The Hunt.” First of all comes the breakfast with a large number of gentlemen and ladies arrayed in handsome clothes of various colors but all suitable for the proposed fox hunt. They seat themselves at a long table, when May Emory, the daughter of the host appears. Bert Clark and Fritz Schade are lavish in their attentions and the lively girl does not know which to choose. She finally leaves it to the decision of chance, saying that the man who caught the fox would catch her. Downstairs among the colored servants Guy Woodward, arrayed in the white cap and white clothes of his profession as chef, seems to be winning the affections of Polly Moran, a comely maid. Then along comes Ford Sterling, who is Clarke’s groom, and his livery, with its smart cut and brass buttons, catches the eye of Polly. The elegant band of hunters on fine mounts are off, the hounds in fully cry. They dash down country a road with the sly fox running strong. He soon leads them off the beaten road across hills and dales and water hazards. Though Fritz gets the fox and claims the girl he loses out on account of cowardice, when the groom shoots up the house. Bert marries the girl and they are togged up in all the regalia that a fashionable wedding demands. Quite in contrast is the imitation of grandeur by the colored pair, Polly and Ford. The groom is a little careless and steps on the maid’s train. She makes a ludicrous picture as she runs around with abbreviated skirts. Her anger when she discovers her plight is set forth vigorously.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Blackface - Weddings
Listing updated: 18 November 2022.
References: Lahue-Kops pp. 105, 156 : Website-IMDb.
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