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Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Hobart Bosworth
Cast: William Hutchinson (William Hutchison) [Bill Barnacle], Hobart Bosworth [Ole Olsen], Frank Clark [I.D. Cheatum, the land shark], Anna Dodge [Mrs. Smithers, the landlady]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by John Merne. / Released 23 May 1912; in a split-reel with From Forest to Mills (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bill Barnicle and his chum, Ole Olsen, two simple and confiding old seadogs, determine not to go to sea any more, but to settle down ashore and become farmers. They secure a room in a neat boarding house kept by a comfortable, tidy, little woman who attracts them both. They invest all of their little hoard in some property which they haven’t even seen, and sally forth to have a look at it and take possession. When they arrive upon the scene, which is a grassy meadow with the sea in view, they are, so pleased that they sit down to smoke and gloat over their possession. Sleep overtakes them, and as they are dreaming sweet dreams about the landlady they are suddenly awakened by the encroachment of the tide. Of course the real estate shark refuses to refund, and they are desperate until the resourceful woman shows them a not very legal but entirely effective way to regain their money and punish the shark. And her reward is the hand and heart of little Bill Barnicle.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 December 2024.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 94 : Website-IMDb.
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