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The King and the Copper
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Charles Murray [Jonah, the substitute king], Gertrude Bambrick [the queen], William J. Butler [the king’s aide]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Dell Henderson. / Released 12 May 1913; in a split-reel with A Rainy Day (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The King of the Cannibal Islands has selected a queen to adorn his throne, but the royal policeman with his hypnotizing eyes wins her away. Jealous, he pretends to have committed suicide and to the throne his subjects raise a fisherman. Under the rule of the fisherman the copper loses his job and the queen’s love, so consequently everything works out well in the end for the king.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 April 2020.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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