Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss

1915 12 minutes Directed by Sidney Drew

About Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss

Wade Buchanan is pleased that his new wife will not leave his side. The pleasure thins when he finds she speaks only baby talk and will not give him a minute alone. Her census name is Cloy Cloymore. The family calls her Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss. Her uncle, Junky Wunky, is in the house with them.

Cast & crew

More about Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss

Sidney Drew directed and plays Wade Buchanan. Lucille McVey, billed as Mrs. Sidney Drew, plays Cloy Cloymore. Edward M. Favor plays her uncle, Junky Wunky. Vitagraph produced the short. V-L-S-E released it in October 1915. A listed running time is 12 minutes.

Themes

  • A bride who will not let go
  • Baby talk in a new marriage
  • An uncle with a nonsense name
  • Wade Buchanan
  • Cloy Cloymore
  • baby talk
  • Junky Wunky
  • Sidney Drew
  • Vitagraph

Making

Drew put himself in the husband's part and his wife in the baby-talk bride, with Favor as the uncle who has to live with the nickname.

Music

Silent.

Preservation

A 16mm reduction positive exists. It is in the public domain in the United States.

Notes

  • Silent Era gives her the census name Cloy Cloymore and the pet name Miss Sticky-Moufie-Kiss.
  • Favor's character is billed as her "hardling old uncle.
  • A 16mm reduction positive survives.
  • It is in the public domain in the United States.
  • The Drews were a husband-and-wife comedy team at Vitagraph in 1915.

Scenes

  • The new wife stays at Wade's elbow and answers him only in baby talk.