Her Nephews from Labrador
About Her Nephews from Labrador
A farmer's wife hears from her brother in Labrador that his sons are visiting the United States for the first time and that she should look after them, since they have never been out of Labrador. She and her husband meet the train. In a hard New York winter the nephews cannot keep cool: they go about in shirtsleeves and carry palm-leaf fans in zero weather.
Cast & crew
More about Her Nephews from Labrador
Thanhouser released the comedy on January 26, 1913, as one reel split at the end with Los Angeles the Beautiful. The British title was The Nephews from Labrador. Billy Noel and Ed Brady play the nephews. The Moving Picture World printed a synopsis on February 1, 1913, and a review on February 8.
Themes
Making
The gag depends on the contrast Thanhouser could shoot outside New Rochelle in January: Labrador visitors treating a New York freeze as warm weather.
Reviews
The Moving Picture World of February 8, 1913, called it a mix of humor and novelty and described the palm-leaf fans in zero weather.
Preservation
A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The Motion Picture Story Magazine of January 26, 1913, named Phil Nesbaum as one of the nephews. W. Ray Johnston has also been listed.
- Noel and Brady were known in New Rochelle as human polar bears. They swam in icy water again in An Hour of Youth, released April 12, 1914.
- The Moving Picture World review says the joke is that they cannot stay cool in a severe winter.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Scenes
- The aunt and uncle meet the Labrador train.
- The nephews walk a frozen street in shirtsleeves, fanning themselves.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-her-nephews-from-labrador)