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A Convenient Burglar
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Fred Mace [Mr. Gay], Grace Henderson [Mrs. Gay], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon) [Mr. Gay’s friend], Guy Hedlund, Jacque Lenor (J. Jiquel Lanoe)
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Mack Sennett. / Released 21 September 1911; in a split-reel with When Wifey Holds the Purse-Strings (1911). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Gay planning to visit mother, Gay feels a good time with the boys in sight. Wifey, however, is prevented from going just as she arrives at the railroad station, and catches Gay just as he is about to leave for the roof garden. He enters, though, in time to prevent one of Gay’s friends from escaping. This friend pretends to be a burglar and Gay gets out by taking the supposed burglar to the police (?). Roof garden now for theirs. However, Gay stays away too long and gets in bad.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 September 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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