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Mr. Haywood Producer
Also known as [Bill Haywood, Producer]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Tom Mix
Cast: Tom Mix [Bill Haywood], Goldie Colwell, Sid Jordan, George Fawcett, Pat Chrisman, Dick Hunter, Dick Crawford (Hal Le Sueur), Ed Jones, [?] Mabel Van Buren?
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] The General Film Company, Incorporated, or The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated? / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Cecilie B. Peterson. / Released 16 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bill Haywood is ambitions to become a motion picture producer. He writes a scenario, which, considering the results, must have been awful, and sends same to a motion picture concern for approval. The scenario is hurled back to him with unmitigated scorn, as there is nothing to commend it. Bill is stubborn as well as ambitious. He engages a company of stranded actors, buys a second hand camera, and proceeds to produce his own picture. The scenario is highly melodramatic, and is entitled to be called “yellow drama.” Bill falls in love with the leading lady and steps in all the pitfalls which surround him. He dresses his cowboy friends in evening clothes to do society “stunts” and when the film is finished it is a “bird.” The camera man films some of Bill’s love scenes with the pretty leading lady, thinking them to be a part of the picture. He also neglects to film certain scenes that he did not think belonged in the picture.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 6 March 1915, page ?] Attracted by the life of a motion picture director, a cowboy becomes a producer with a company comprising other cowboys and two stranded actors. In lieu of a consecutive plot, the film offers many rough-and-tumble scenes, some of which are laughable. The cowboys place the making of photoplays among the extra hazardous occupations.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 June 2024.
References: Everson-American p. 243 : Website-IMDb.
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