Hot Stuff
About Hot Stuff
A traveling cigar salesman charms Hank Hawkins's girl and her family and leaves Hank outside. At the party he runs a taffy pull and sets the pans by the kitchen window, where Hank pours Tabasco over both. The guests gag, chase the drummer onto a streetcar, and take Hank back when he admits the sauce.
Cast & crew
More about Hot Stuff
Mack Sennett directed and plays Hank Hawkins for Biograph. Dell Henderson wrote the screenplay and plays the cigar drummer, and Mabel Normand is the sweetheart. General Film Company released the split reel on March 21, 1912; the listed length is 488 feet.
Themes
Notes
- Ella Hall, then 15, makes her first Biograph appearance as an uncredited party girl.
- William Beaudine, William J. Butler, and Kate Bruce are also in the cast.
Scenes
- Hank tips the Tabasco into the pans cooling on the box outside the window.
- The guests chase the drummer out of the house and he just makes a streetcar.
- Hank tells them he doctored the candy, and they forgive him.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (HOT STUFF (1912) -- Biograph, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson.webm)
