Daisy Doodad's Dial
About Daisy Doodad's Dial
Daisy Doodad and her husband enter a face-pulling contest. A toothache keeps her home, and he wins. She practices faces in a railway carriage and on the street, and the police arrest her for disturbing the peace. After he bails her out she accuses him of setting the arrest. That night she dreams of the grimaces, then makes more faces at the camera.
Cast & crew
More about Daisy Doodad's Dial
Wikipedia credits Florence Turner as director and says this was her only directing credit. She also stars. Wikidata lists Laurence Trimble as director. He plays the husband. The catalog agrees with Turner as director and also bills Tom Powers. British, 1914. Wikidata times it at 9 minutes.
Themes
Making
Turner Film Company made it in Britain. The directing credit is the point the sources do not share.
Notes
- The title uses dial as slang for a face.
- The last gag is Daisy pulling faces straight into the lens.
- Wikidata's director line is Trimble. Wikipedia's is Turner.
Scenes
- Daisy pulls faces in a railway carriage and is arrested.
- She dreams the contest after accusing her husband.
- She grimaces at the camera.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-daisy-doodads-dial)
