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Willie Becomes an Artist
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [Willie], Florence Lee [Willie’s sweetheart], William J. Butler [Willie’s father], Kate Toncray [Willie’s mother], Vivian Prescott [Willie’s sweetheart], Harry Hyde [a man in the restaurant], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a waiter], Frank Opperman [an art dealer], [?] Henry Lehrman?
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From the story “Willie, He Learns to Paint” by William E. Wing. / Released 25 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? To get money out of dad for his little frolics, Willie pretends he is taking art lessons, when he is really painting the town instead of the canvas. The time comes when he must show results, so he borrows a painting and pretends it is his work. Dad, however, insists upon his painting a landscape, and, of course, he must make the bluff. Through a most novel medium the bluff makes good.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 September 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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