A Christmas Accident

1912 American film
  • William Wadsworth
  • Mrs. William Bechtel
  • Augustus Phillips
  • Ida Williams
  • Edna Hammel
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company (1911)
Kino Video (2001)
Release date
  • December 14, 1912 (1912-12-14)[1]
Running time
15 minutes[2]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

A Christmas Accident is a 1912 American Christmas film. Prints and/or fragments of the film were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.

Story

Two families live next door in the same house. The Biltons have many children and strive to make ends meet. The Giltons are well-to-do. Mr. Gilton is a grumpy old man, who gets annoyed by the children. He accuses the Biltons of having poisoned his dog. On Christmas Eve Mr. Gilton accidentally bumps into the Bilton home, and he is overwhelmed when one of the children gives him her present.

Cast

  • William Wadsworth - Mr. Gilton
  • Mrs. William Bechtel - Mr. Gilton's wife
  • Augustus Phillips - Mr. Bilton
  • Ida Williams - Mr. Bilton's wife
  • Edna Hammel - Cora Cordelia Bilton

See also

References

  1. ^ The Edison Kinetogram. Vol. 78. November 15, 1912. p. 20.
  2. ^ Pratt, Douglas (2004). Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!. UNET 2 Corporation. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-932916-00-3.

Further reading

  • Baker, Kage (2012). Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen. Tachyon Publications. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-61696-112-1.
  • "A Christmas Accident". The Edison Kinetogram. 7 (9): 15. December 1, 1912.

External links

  • The full text of A Christmas Accident at Wikisource
  • A Christmas Accident at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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