Our New Errand Boy
About Our New Errand Boy
A grocer hires a new errand boy. On a delivery through Hove the boy, played by Tom Williamson, leaves a trail of angry people behind him. He gets back to the shop and finds those same people already complaining to the grocer. The chase starts from the counter.
Cast & crew
More about Our New Errand Boy
James Williamson directed and also appears in the film. His son Tom Williamson plays the boy. David Fisher notes that the title frame carries the Williamson Cinematograph Company logo.
Themes
Reviews
David Fisher wrote that the chase section looks ahead to American comedies of the following decade.
Notes
- Michael Brooke, on BFI Screenonline, called it a relatively unambitious chase comedy made of sketches, and one of several Williamson films with a mischievous child played by Tom.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-our-new-errand-boy)
