A Submarine Pirate
About A Submarine Pirate
An ambitious waiter talks his way into command of a submarine so he can rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
Cast & crew
More about A Submarine Pirate
Mack Sennett produced it and wrote the scenario. Charles Avery and Syd Chaplin are the credited directors. Avery was hurt during the shoot, which ran from about 5 May to 14 October 1915, and Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) finished it uncredited. Triangle Film Corporation distributed it. Silent Era gives four reels, 3,512 feet, a 26 December 1915 release, and copyrights of 3 December and 27 December 1915. English Wikipedia dates the release 14 November 1915. The working title was Submarine Story.
Themes
Making
Avery's injury is why Chase took over the direction without a credit.
Preservation
Silent Era reports a print in the holdings once kept by Blackhawk Films.
Notes
- Syd Chaplin plays the waiter. Glen Cavender is a shrewd inventor. Wesley Ruggles is the inventor's accomplice.
- Harold Lloyd appears uncredited as a cook. English Wikipedia and Silent Era both note him, Silent Era with a question mark on the identification.
- Phyllis Allen plays a pugnacious guest. A full-film timing is 25 minutes 37 seconds.
- Hampton Del Ruth was production assistant. Grover G. Ligon was assistant director.
Scenes
- Chaplin, at the periscope, has the waiter in command of the submarine.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (A Submarine Pirate 1915 SYDNEY CHAPLIN HAROLD LLOYD Charles Avery.webm)
