The Curtain Pole
1909 · 13m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
,
Mack Sennett
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The Curtain Pole
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- D.W. Griffith Director
- Mack Sennett Director
- 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
- Clara T. Bracy Cast
- George Gebhardt as Man in top hat
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