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The Plumber’s Picnic
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Dave Morris [Newbride], Walter Coyle (Walter V. Coyle) [Mr. Fitter, the plumber], Louise Owen [the hired girl], Mary Malatesta

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 24 September 1914; in a split-reel with The Fall of Muscle-Bound Hicks (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Newbride refuses to allow his hired girl to go to the plumbers’ picnic with Mr. Fitter, a plumber. A pipe bursts in Newbride’s home and Fitter won’t fix it until Newbride says he will let the hired girl go to the picnic; but there are some lively happenings before this situation comes to hand.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 April 2020.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.