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The Saleslady’s Matinee Idol
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 960 feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 13 February 1909 by Edison Manufacturing Company [H122938, H122939, H122940, H122941, H122942, H122943]. Released 12 February 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 6 February 1909, page ?] Diana, a romantic minded saleslady, looks with contempt on ordinary suitors, and longs to meet an actor, some day, who will win her too-willing heart. Fortune favors her, for she comes face to face with her ideal on a three-sheet poster, advertising the great romantic actor, Tremayne Marblebrow, at the entrance of the Lyric Theater. On the opening night, Diana occupies a box, and, by frequent applause, tries to attract the great man’s attention, but without avail. A foolish note follows, signed “A Devoted Admirer.” She waits at the stage entrance and is enraptured when he brushes by. Following, on the car, she drops a flower in his lap and blushingly retreats, delighted at her daring. At night she dreams that she is the “Idol’s” wife, and is kept busy shooing other female admirers away, then wakes up and goes to work. Next day, she almost faints for joy when she sees him coming down the aisle, sure that he is seeking her, but he passes and buys a pair of suspenders at an adjoining counter. Her mother sends her to the dressmakers. The house, an old-fashioned tenement, is occupied by chiropodists, tailors, music teachers, etc. Diana is directed up several flights of stairs. She knocks at the wrong door, and is ushered in by Mrs. Marblebrow, to find her “Idol” seated at the fire, cooking ham and eggs, and caring for the baby at the same time, and her “Idol” is shattered.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 April 2024.
References: Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-AFI.
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