His Official Appointment
About His Official Appointment
Charles Kent plays an old man who has spent what he has trying to buy a government appointment. His servant Amber, played by Hal Wilson, looks after him while he waits for word from Washington. The men at the Capitol mock him and send a false appointment. Norma Talmadge and Tefft Johnson are also billed. Kent directed. Catherine Carr wrote it for Vitagraph.
Cast & crew
More about His Official Appointment
Kent is both director and the old man. A circulating copy described with the film runs 10 minutes 34 seconds. An Internet Archive identifier is silent-his-official-appointment.
Themes
Making
Vitagraph let Kent direct himself as a man who has already spent his money on an office that Washington does not mean to give him.
Preservation
A digital copy is on the Internet Archive. The copy described with the title runs 10 minutes 34 seconds.
Notes
- The appointment that finally arrives is a fake, sent to shame him.
- Amber is the servant who stays. The catalog description of the short calls him faithful.
- Talmadge’s role is billed. The outline that survives is Kent’s wait, not her scene.
- Carr is the credited writer on Wikidata.
Scenes
- Kent’s character waits at home with Amber for the letter.
- The Capitol crowd sends a false appointment.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-his-official-appointment)
