The Railroad Porter (1912)
The plot of The Railroad Porter revolves around a wife who, after not seeing her husband come home at his regular time, assumes that she has been temporarily abandoned. In response, she invites a well dressed waiter to dinner at her home. When her husband comes home, and sees his wife having dinner with another man, the husband pulls out a revolver and begins to threaten the waiter with it. The waiter, in turn, pulls out his own gun, and a commotion ensues in which nobody gets hurt and everything ends happily.
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William D. Foster, Jerry Mills, Lottie Grady (wife), Cassie Burch Slaughter (wife's friend), Kid Brown (railroad porter), Edgar Ellison (waiter), Bell Coles (police officer)
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Release Info:
Release Date: October 13, 1913 (USA) | Length: Unknown | Genre: Comedy | MPAA Rating: NR | Note: Release date given in Foster’s advertisement, though press indicates film screened earlier (from Early Race Filmmaking in America by Barbara Lupack). I have found several different cast listed and Edgar under several names (Edgar Litterson, Edgar Ellison, Edgar Lillison). I am still trying to verify the actual name.