A Seaside Girl

1907 Comedy 5 minutes Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon

About A Seaside Girl

At Bognor Regis, three suitors chase May Clark's seaside girl on foot, in a carriage, on a bicycle, and with a bathing machine. Frank Wilson plays the Scotsman. Thurston Harris is another suitor. The Scotsman wins, and the bathing machine is where she changes into wedding clothes.

Cast & crew

More about A Seaside Girl

Lewin Fitzhamon directed this Hepworth comedy. Hepworth released it in July 1907.

Themes

  • Three men chasing one girl
  • A choice made at the seaside
  • seaside
  • suitors
  • May Clark
  • Frank Wilson
  • Thurston Harris
  • Hepworth

Preservation

The BFI holds a print and streams it.

Notes

  • Silent Era lists the length as 325 feet.
  • The BFI calls it a knockabout comedy filmed on the Edwardian seafront.
  • Cast lists name Clark, Wilson, and Harris, so one of the three suitors is uncredited.

Scenes

  • The suitors chase Clark along the front, one on a bicycle and one in a carriage.
  • Wilson's Scotsman wins, and the bathing machine is used for a change into wedding clothes.

Also available

  • BFI Player

More from Lewin Fitzhamon

View all →