A Christmas Accident
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| Directed by | Harold M. Shaw |
| Written by | Bannister Irwin (scenario) |
| Story by | Annie Eliot Trumbull (1897) |
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| Distributed by | General Film Company (1911) Kino Video (2001) |
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Running time | 15 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Christmas Accident is a 1912 American Christmas film. Prints and/or fragments of the film were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Story[edit]
Two families live next door in the same house. The Biltons have many children and strive to make ends meet. The Giltons are well-to-do. Mr. Gilton is a grumpy old man, who gets annoyed by the children. He accuses the Biltons of having poisoned his dog. On Christmas Eve Mr. Gilton accidentally bumps into the Bilton home, and he is overwhelmed when one of the children gives him her present.
Cast[edit]
- William Wadsworth - Mr. Gilton
- Mrs. William Bechtel - Mr. Gilton's wife
- Augustus Phillips - Mr. Bilton
- Ida Williams - Mr. Bilton's wife
- Edna Hammel - Cora Cordelia Bilton
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ The Edison Kinetogram. Vol. 78. November 15, 1912. p. 20.
- ^ Pratt, Douglas (2004). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2 Corporation. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-932916-00-3.
Further reading[edit]
- Baker, Kage (2012). Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen. Tachyon Publications. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-61696-112-1.
- "A Christmas Accident". The Edison Kinetogram. 7 (9): 15. December 1, 1912.
External links[edit]
The full text of A Christmas Accident at Wikisource- A Christmas Accident at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1912 films
- American Christmas drama films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- 1911 films
- 1910s Christmas drama films
- 1911 short films
- 1911 drama films
- 1912 drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1910s American films
- Silent American drama films
- 1910s short drama film stubs
- Christmas film stubs