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A Mixed Affair
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Dell Henderson [Mr. Jenkins], Grace Henderson [Mrs. Jenkins], Florence Lee [the nursemaid], Charles Murray [the policeman], Madge Kirby [the stenographer], William J. Butler [the jewelry store owner], William Beaudine [a jewelry store customer]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Ruth M. Elmer. Assistant director, William Beaudine. Cinematography by Percy Higginson. / Released 26 September 1912; in a split-reel with A Disappointed Mama (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? As Jenkins leaves for his office in the morning, his wife asks him to stop at the dentist’s on his way home for her new set of teeth. It happens to be his stenographer’s birthday, so after he leaves the dentist's he stops at a jeweler’s to buy a jewel belt buckle as a birthday present. While making the purchase, a policeman enters to buy a bracelet for his sweetheart. The packages in which the three articles are packed are very similar and a general mix-up occurs.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 April 2024.

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

 
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