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A Nigger in the Woodpile
(1904) United States of America
B&W : 262 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by A.E. Weed. / © 8 April 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H44250]. Released April 1904. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being depleted by thieves. Farmer Jones decides to adopt drastic measures and loads one of the sticks with dynamite. In the next scene a colored deacon, one of the shining lights in the African Church, is seen making away with the wood. The next scene shows the home of the deacon, where he is taking his comfort at the kitchen fire, while his wife is busy with the washing. The loaded stick is, of course, put into the fire, and there is a terrific explosion and the building is ruined. Farmer Jones and his man appear at the critical moment and the colored thieves are given a punishment they will not soon forget.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Blackface - Cabins - Crime: Theft - Dynamite
Listing updated: 20 June 2011.
References: Bohn-Light pp. 113-114 : Website-AFI.
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