All on Account of the Milk
About All on Account of the Milk
A young contractor arrives at a job, changes into overalls, and is sent for milk at a nearby house. The daughter of the house has put on the sick maid's apron, so each takes the other for a servant. He keeps coming back for milk. Her mother and the maid's sweetheart nearly break it up. His mother arrives, the two mothers know each other, and the disguises come off.
Cast & crew
More about All on Account of the Milk
Frank Powell directed. D. W. Griffith produced. Arthur Marvin photographed it. Biograph released the one-reeler on January 15, 1910, at 989 feet. It was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Themes
Making
Powell shot the short in Fort Lee with the Biograph company, Pickford in the daughter's part and Sweet as the real maid.
Look
Arthur Marvin shot the construction site and the house in Fort Lee.
Preservation
A paper print is preserved at the Library of Congress. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Mary Pickford plays the young woman. Blanche Sweet plays the maid. Arthur V. Johnson plays the contractor.
- Kate Bruce plays the young woman's mother. Mack Sennett plays a farmhand. Jack Pickford is at the construction site. Flora Finch is in the cast.
- A paper print is in the Library of Congress.
- The mix-up starts with a can of milk, which is where the title comes from.
Scenes
- The contractor changes into overalls and goes for milk.
- She pours something else into his can as a trick.
- The maid's sweetheart lifts a shovel, then sees who the woman is.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (All on account of the milk (1910).webm)
