Won by a Fish
About Won by a Fish
A father has such bad luck with a rod that he turns against Harry, the man courting his daughter, after Harry teases him about the empty creel. The next day the couple turn the fishing joke back on him. He is pushed into accepting Harry as a son-in-law.
Cast & crew
More about Won by a Fish
Mack Sennett directed. Biograph released it on 22 April 1912 as a split reel with The Brave Hunter, through the General Film Company. Edward Dillon plays Harry. Mary Pickford plays the daughter. Dell Henderson plays her father. Kate Bruce plays the maid.
Themes
Background
A Biograph comedy of April 1912, issued on a split reel while Sennett was still directing for the company.
Preservation
A print survives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- It shared a reel with The Brave Hunter.
- William J. Butler, Grace Henderson, Charles Hill Mailes, and Kate Toncray are among the diners.
- The English Wikipedia says the film exists.
Scenes
- The couple's scheme leaves the father no choice but to accept Harry.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Won by a Fish (1912).webm)
