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Mr. Whoops, the Detective
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Comet Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 8 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mr. Whoops is a milliner detective, and for a long time has little to do in the sleuth line. He is a personal friend of the great Sherlock Holmes and invariably follows his methods in unraveling crime. Mr. Holmes receives a case. It is to run to earth a band of kidnappers which has stolen “the darling” of a Duke and Duchess who visit a fashionable summer resort. The little one has been placed in the care of a negligent maid and the disappearance of the little one raises a cry all over the place. Mr. Holmes tries his utmost to find the missing one, but is unsuccessful; so he suggests to the Duke and Duchess to employ Mr. Whoops, which they readily do. Whoops has his own idea of how the kidnappers should be captured. It is needless to say that they are most absurd and rather impossible. He undergoes a lot of deductions entailing humorous adventures and mishaps. But in the end he reaches a club and eventually restores the “darling” to the distracted Duke and Duchess. The “darling” turns out to be a plain, but educated monkey.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives
Listing updated: 10 June 2024.
References: Pohle-Holmes p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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