Difference between revisions of "The Railroad Porter (1912)"

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===Writer(s):===
===Writer(s):===
Unknown
[[Juli Jones Jr.]]


===Starring:===
===Starring:===
[[William D. Foster]], [[Lottie Grady]], [[Edgar Litterson]], [[Jerry Mills]]
[[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)


===Producer(s):===
===Producer(s):===
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==Release Info:==
==Release Info:==
'''Release Date:''' 1912 (USA) | '''Length:''' Unknown | '''Genre:''' Comedy | '''MPAA Rating:''' NR
'''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.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139555 IMDB]
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139555 IMDB] | [[wikipedia:The_Railroad_Porter|Wikipedia]]


[[Category:Short Film]]
[[Category:Short Film]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 22 March 2021

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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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Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

William D. Foster

Writer(s):

Juli Jones Jr.

Starring:

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)

Producer(s):

William D. Foster

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.

External Links

IMDB | Wikipedia