The Furs
About The Furs
Mabel Normand wants a set of furs. Her mother-in-law, played by Kate Bruce, objects to the spending. Mabel takes money from her husband, Dell Henderson, and Mack Sennett, as a shop clerk, sells her the furs. Getting them into the house plays into the mother-in-law's hands.
Cast & crew
More about The Furs
Mack Sennett directed this Biograph comedy. Percy Higginson photographed it. William Beaudine was assistant director and also plays an office clerk. General Film released it on 8 May 1912 on a split reel with When Fire Bells Rang. Biograph copyrighted it on 13 May 1912. It was shot in California. William J. Butler plays a money lender and Raymond Hatton a deliveryman. It is not a Keystone picture.
Themes
Making
Sennett was still directing one-reel comedies for Biograph in California. Keystone came later in 1912.
Look
Percy Higginson photographed the shop and the household scenes.
Preservation
A print survives and is on the Internet Archive. Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Moving Picture World said the wife has to scheme for the furs and then schemes herself into her mother-in-law's hands.
- Kate Bruce plays the husband's mother, not Mabel's own mother.
- The Internet Archive identifier is silent-the-furs.
- An EIDR record times a copy at about 8 minutes.
- Public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- Sennett, behind the counter, sells Mabel the furs.
- The trick of getting the package home lands with the mother-in-law.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-furs)
