Petticoat Camp
About Petticoat Camp
Several married couples lease an island for a summer camp. The husbands fish and hunt. The wives cook, wash, and keep house, then move to the next island and leave a note calling themselves ex-slaves. The husbands' supper is a failure. Two of them sneak into the women's camp dressed as tramps. The women pull revolvers and drive them into the water. The husbands wave a white flag. The terms put some of the work on them and give the wives a share of the outing.
Cast & crew
More about Petticoat Camp
Thanhouser produced it. Film Supply Company of America released it on 3 November 1912. It is one reel. A timed copy runs 14 minutes 56 seconds. William Garwood and William Russell play husbands. Florence La Badie plays a wife. The Jordan Sisters play the divers. Moving Picture World printed the company's synopsis. No director is credited.
Themes
Making
Thanhouser staged the lockout on two islands. The Jordan Sisters are billed as the divers in the water sequence.
Preservation
Prints are in the Library of Congress and in a private collection.
Notes
- The wives' note says their ex-slaves have camped on the next island.
- The tramp plan fails because the women shoot instead of screaming.
- The husbands are picked up far from shore after they take to the water.
- Prints are in the Library of Congress and in a private collection.
Scenes
- The wives leave a note and camp on the next island.
- Dressed as tramps, two husbands creep in and are fired on.
- The husbands wave a white flag and split the work.
Also available
- Library of Congress
- Wikimedia Commons (Petticoat Camp (1912).webm)
Quotes
It is a picnic for the boys. We do the cooking, the washing and the general housework.