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Alas! Poor Yorick!

Alas! Poor Yorick!

1913Short⏱️ 8m
ComedyShort

In the grounds of a sanitarium are gathered a number of mentally (but harmless) deranged patients. The most conspicuous is a tall tragedian. When he escapes from his keepers the superintendent concludes that he will naturally make...

Director
Colin Campbell
Writers
N/A
Stars
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Wheeler Oakman, Tom Santschi
Release Date
April 21, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
as Player in Female Costume
Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman
as Montgomery Irving - the Real Actor
Tom Santschi
Tom Santschi
as Hamlet McGinnis - the Deranged Actor
Lillian Hayward
Lillian Hayward
as Ophelia Jones
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
as The Theatre Manager
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John Lancaster
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Frank Clark

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Selig Polyscope Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Seemed to give entertainment to the audience
by deickemeyer2017-09-01

"A fairly amusing picture with a good situation that seemed to give entertainment to the audience. A man who thinks he is an actor has escaped from an asylum, and a well-known manager is notified by the authorities that he may receive a call, A real actor, "at liberty," is mistaken for the crank and has an unpleasant quarter of an hour, but is given a meal ticket. Thomas Santschi plays the crank, and Wheeler Oakman the actor, and both do well. The author and producer is Colin Campbell. The photography is fair. - The Moving Picture World, May 3, 1913..."

💡 Did You Know?

Believed to be Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's first film appearance in drag.

📖 Synopsis

In the grounds of a sanitarium are gathered a number of mentally (but harmless) deranged patients. The most conspicuous is a tall tragedian. When he escapes from his keepers the superintendent concludes that he will naturally make...