Mr. Jones at the Ball
About Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mr. Jones goes to a formal ball with his wife and rips his trousers when he sits. He spends the evening trying to hide the tear. John R. Cumpson plays Jones. Florence Lawrence plays his wife. D. W. Griffith directed the Biograph comedy.
Cast & crew
More about Mr. Jones at the Ball
Griffith also wrote it. G. W. Bitzer photographed. Released in July 1908. The listed length is 8 minutes. Mack Sennett, George Gebhardt, Charles Inslee, Arthur V. Johnson, Jeanie MacPherson, and Harry Solter are billed.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer shot the ball and Jones turning away from the room.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The rip happens when he sits, not on the way in.
- Lawrence is Mrs. Jones.
- It is one of the Jones domestic shorts.
- Bitzer is the cameraman.
Scenes
- Jones sits, the cloth goes, and he spends the dance hiding it.
