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Jinks’ Birthday Party
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Grace Lewis [Mrs. Jinx], Edward Dillon [a visiting friend], Madge Kirby [a woman at the party], Gus Pixley [the housecleaner], J. Waltham [the policeman]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by George Terwilliger. / Released 9 December 1912; in a split-reel with She is a Pippin (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? As it sometimes does, housecleaning interferes with Jinx’s birthday party. His wife writes a number of letters postponing the gathering, but true to the tradition of man, Jinx fails to mail them. The guests begin to arrive that afternoon, and Jinx is seized with the happy thought of pretending illness to evade them. His hoax is discovered, and, well, Jinx has a birthday party.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 30 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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