The Curtain Pole

The Curtain Pole

10 mins | Comedy | Feb. 15, 1909

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.

The Curtain Pole

10 mins | Comedy | Feb. 15, 1909

The Curtain Pole
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Curtain Pole
Directors Mack Sennett, D.W. Griffith
Writers Mack Sennett, D.W. Griffith, Billy Bitzer

Cast

Mack Sennett

as Monsieur Dupont

Harry Solter

as Mr. Edwards

Florence Lawrence

as Mrs. Edwards

Linda Arvidson

as Party planner / Woman on street

Jeanie Macpherson

as Party planner / Nurse with buggy

Arthur V. Johnson

as Man in bar / Vegetable vendor / Party guest

George Gebhardt

as Man in top hat