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He Forgot His Umbrella
(1901) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Frederick S. Armitage. / Released July 1901. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was shot on 29 June 1901 at Biograph’s New York rooftop studio.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute collection).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 November 2022.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 81, 104 : Website-IMDb.