Cabman Kate
About Cabman Kate
Tim McGrath, a cabman, owes washerwoman Kate $12.44 for laundry and will not pay. She takes his horse and hansom cab. He goes to the police. Kate picks up a fare, drives off, and piles up damage, with a string of pursuers behind the cab.
Cast & crew
More about Cabman Kate
C. J. Williams directed. William Addison Lathrop wrote it. Kate Price plays the laundress and Eddie Redway the cabman. Edward Elkas is also billed. Vitagraph produced the short. Trade listings put the release at February 1, 1915. Moving Picture World reviewed it on February 13, 1915. It runs about 15 minutes.
Themes
Making
Williams turns the debt into a chase. Once Kate is on the box, the gag is the traffic she wrecks and the line of people running after the cab.
Reviews
Moving Picture World, on February 13, 1915, called Cabman Kate an excellent comedy and wrote that Kate Price played the lead "in her usual comical style."
Preservation
IMDb lists a print at the Library of Congress. The Internet Archive holds a copy.
Notes
- A viewer who watched a surviving print put the unpaid bill at $12.44.
- Moving Picture World wrote that the business of the play, as well as the situation, counted for much.
Scenes
- Kate takes the horse and cab when Tim will not pay the laundry bill.
- She picks up a fare and drives with a growing line of pursuers behind her.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-cabman-kate)
