The Wrong Mr. Fox

1917 13 minutes Directed by Harry Jackson

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About The Wrong Mr. Fox

An out-of-work actor comes into a small town and is taken for the new preacher. He plays along and invents the sermons until the real Mr. Fox is due. Victor Moore plays the actor. Harry Jackson directed.

Cast & crew

More about The Wrong Mr. Fox

Released in 1917. The listed length is 13 minutes. Emma Littlefield, Florence Slade, and William Slade are on the catalog cast. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-the-wrong-mr-fox.

Themes

  • A town that hires the wrong man
  • Sermons invented by an actor
  • Victor Moore
  • preacher
  • Mr. Fox
  • Harry Jackson

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • Moore is the actor, not the preacher the town ordered.
  • The sermons are made up on the spot.
  • Littlefield and the two Slades are the other billed names.
  • No company is on this record.

Scenes

  • The town hands him the pulpit and he starts a sermon he has not prepared.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-the-wrong-mr-fox)