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The Bite of a Snake
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 552 feet
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Gus Pixley [Zeke], Kate Toncray [a Women’s Christian Temperance Union member], William A. Carroll [one of Zeke’s friends], Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [one of Zeke’s friends], Frank Opperman [one of Zeke’s friends], Edward Dillon [the druggist], William J. Butler [the sheriff], [?] Sylvia Ashton? [a Women’s Christian Temperance Union member], [?] Victoria Forde? [a Women’s Christian Temperance Union member]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Fred Mace. / Released 9 January 1913; in a split-reel with The Best Man Wins (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 September 2018.

References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.