Lubin program

(1/13/00)

The Little Rebel. 1911. Directed by Harry Solter.

Florence Lawrence, regarded as "the first movie star" by many was lovely in this Civil War picture, but I found it hard to follow. Some uniformed officers appear to take over the house, Lawrence shoots one of them in the face, then re returns later (after the war) and they embrace. I must have missed a lot. I think more intertitles would have helped a lot.

The Almighty Dollar. 1911.

This was a cute little comedy. As a trick, someone glues a silver dollar to a stool and those in on it laugh at the people who try to pick it up--until one guy runs off with the stool. Everyone chases him and he cleverly has himself shaved, swipes someone else's clothes (I think) and becomes a different person.

The Servant Girl's Legacy. 1914. Directed by Arthur Hotaling.

The earliest surviving film with Oliver Hardy, this is about a servantgirl who attracts suitors when they find out she is inheriting meny, loses them when they find out it's only $25.00, accepts her loyal boyfriend and then finds out it's really $250,000. This film was also hard to follow because at the beginning she seems to be rejecting Hardy and then it seems that he is her boyfriend.