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How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family

1912Short⏱️ 5m
ComedyFamilyShort
5.2
IMDB Rating
19 votes

Mrs. Murphy while marketing one day finds a horseshoe which she believes to be the emblem of good luck and brings it home but her husband disagrees with her and insists that she must not keep it as a horseshoe has always been bad ...

Director
C.J. Williams
Writers
N/A
Stars
Edward O'Connor, Alice Washburn, Yale Boss
Release Date
December 28, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward O'Connor
Edward O'Connor
as Mike Murphy
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Alice Washburn
as Mrs. Murphy
Yale Boss
Yale Boss
as The Messenger Boy
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Martin Fuller
as Young Murphy
Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman
as Tim Flanagan - Horseshoe Target
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Mrs. William Bechtel
as Mike's Mother-in-Law

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Edison Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The picture is very amusing
by deickemeyer2017-04-23

"Louise Sydmeth, the authoress of this character sketch, has given Edward O'Connor a fine chance to play an Irishman (Mike) with a black eye, one of the prettiest ones we have ever had the good fortune to see. Alice Washburn plays the Irishman's wife and is almost as funny. It is she who finds the horseshoe and brings home that which is to be the cause of a free fight in the kitchen, the breaking of china and of other unlucky things. Mrs. William Bechtel plays Mike's mother-in-law. Marty Fuller and Yale Boss have roles as two boys. Arthur Houseman plays the other Irishman who is ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy He Swore Off Smoking (1912).

📖 Synopsis

Mrs. Murphy while marketing one day finds a horseshoe which she believes to be the emblem of good luck and brings it home but her husband disagrees with her and insists that she must not keep it as a horseshoe has always been bad ...