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The Haunted Rocker

The Haunted Rocker

1912Short
ShortComedy
5.7
IMDB Rating
15 votes

After a night at the club, old Boggs returns home, filled with good cheer and spirit. His daughter Madge, is in love with Jack Farnum, to whom her father very much objects as a son-in-law. Hearing her father coming, Madge tells Ja...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
George Ober, Clara Kimball Young, Tom Powers
Release Date
March 29, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
George Ober
as Old Boggs - the Father
Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young
as Madge Boggs - the Daughter
Tom Powers
Tom Powers
as Jack Farnum - Madge's Suitor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Vitagraph Company of America

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Short Titles
by boblipton2024-05-20
6/10

"Clara Kimball Young and Tom Powers want to get married, but her father, George Ober doesn't approve. Ober comes in from a night at the club, a bit drunk, while the youngsters are in the parlor. Powers jumps up and hides, which sets the rocking chair he has been on moving. Ober enters to find his favorite chair moving, and starts to wonder if he has all his marbles. This split-reel comedy is a variation on the practical-joke movie that was starting to vanish, and the set-up and consequences expand on the bare bones nicely. Also rather clever are the series of titles offered, each of which..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy The Suit of Armor (1912).

📖 Synopsis

After a night at the club, old Boggs returns home, filled with good cheer and spirit. His daughter Madge, is in love with Jack Farnum, to whom her father very much objects as a son-in-law. Hearing her father coming, Madge tells Ja...