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Bill Saves the Day
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)
Cast: Tammany Young [Bill], Tod Browning [Mr. James Hadley], Fay Tincher [Ethel], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [the policeman]
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Paul West. / Released 16 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Reel Life, 15 August 1914, page ?] Bill persuades the boss to order an electric fan. The electrician who installs it shows Jimmy how to number the blades and have a little gambling game. One by one the office boys in the building drop in and put their nickels on the numbers of the blades. One youngster who loses heavily complains to a policeman. Before the patrolman’s arrival Bill’s boss discovers the game going on and takes the fan into his private office, where a meeting of trust magnates is in session. The magnates become interested in the game just as the patrolman arrives. Bill’s boss fixes the cop and business is finally resumed.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 February 2016.
References: Skal-Browning pp. 242-243 : Website-IMDb.
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