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The Fake Blind Man
(1905) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Charles Raymond
Cast: (unknown)
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Lubin promotional materials] Jimmie and John decide to quit work and try to make money easily. Jimmie is fixed up as the blind man with a sign dangling from his neck: “Please help the blind.” The business is very good, as many passersby have pity on the poor man. When a lady stoops down to fasten her shoe laces, the blind man gets very much interested in the proceeding, whereby he is detected as a fake. The lady beats him with her umbrella, whereupon he starts to run. Immediately a crowd is following and there begins a lively chase, the fake blind man in the lead, a big crowd after him. After a lively chase, the fake blind man is at last captured, put in a police patrol and brought to the station house, where he will have time to think out another scheme for making money easily.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 January 2025.
References: Musser-Emerge pp. 396, 602 : Website-IMDb.
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