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Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

1910Short
ComedyShort

In this instance Hank and Lank step into good fortune quite by accident. Pausing in front of a bargain dry-goods store, a young lady rushes up and asks Hank to hold her baby while she goes inside to make a few purchases. Shortly a...

Director
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Augustus Carney, Victor Potel
Release Date
October 12, 1910
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Augustus Carney
Augustus Carney
as Hank
Victor Potel
Victor Potel
as Lank

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

This latest escapade makes them all the more popular
by deickemeyer2015-09-22

"One may as well prepare for a laugh when these two appear. Before the picture ends it is safe to assume that one or the other will get into trouble, and this is no exception to the general run. Hank gets on a liberal tip for caring for a baby, but when Lank gets a similar chance all that is coming to him is a severe lambasting at the hands of the youngster's irate mother. Of course there are extenuating circumstances, and perhaps had the father, with whom the baby was left, returned to his charge in the time he agreed he would have saved the unfortunate Lank a beating. But he lingered lon..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy Papa's First Outing (1910).

📖 Synopsis

In this instance Hank and Lank step into good fortune quite by accident. Pausing in front of a bargain dry-goods store, a young lady rushes up and asks Hank to hold her baby while she goes inside to make a few purchases. Shortly a...