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The Inventor’s Secret
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Mack Sennett [Dan, the policeman], Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by George Hennessy. / © 25 October 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 23 October 1911; in a split-reel with Through His Wife’s Picture (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? An old toymaker invents an automatic doll and goes to the lawyers to apply for a patent. That day a young girl is reported missing, and Dan, the cop, receives word that a reward of $500 is offered for solving the mystery of her disappearance. Dan’s sweetheart gets a position as cook in the inventor’s family, and catching a glimpse of the doll, thinks it is the missing girl. Dan for a while has a vision of $500, only to wake up to find both he and his sweetheart out of a job.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 31 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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