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The Pretty Stenographer; or, Caught in the Act
Also known as {The Pretty Typewriter; or, Caught in the Act}
(1897) United States of America
B&W : 26 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was shot in the American Mutoscope studios in New York, New York.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From American Mutoscope promotional materials] An elderly but gay broker is seated at his desk dictating to his pretty typewriter. He stops in the progress of his letter and bestows a kiss on the not unwilling girl. As he does his wife enters. She is enraged. Taking her husband by the ear she compells him to get on his knees. The pretty typewriter bursts into tears.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 October 2008.
References: Ramsaye-Million p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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