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The Skeleton

The Skeleton

1912Short
ShortComedy
5.4
IMDB Rating
27 votes

Well-known professor Doctor Tilton orders a skeleton so that he can better demonstrate to his students the various parts of the human anatomy. When the express company delivers it, his two children, Matty and Early, are with him w...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Baby Early Gorman, Charles Manley, Matty Roubert
Release Date
October 23, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Baby Early Gorman
Baby Early Gorman
Charles Manley
Charles Manley
Matty Roubert
Matty Roubert
Mai Wells
Mai Wells

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Powers Picture Plays

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The Powers Kids
by boblipton2018-08-10
6/10

"When the professor gets a skeleton delivered so he can .... well, what he's intending to do with it is never clear, but the Powers Kids see it and know what they want to do with it: take it and place it around the neighborhood to scare the bejazus out of people in this typically amusing Powers Kids comedy. These were a series of short subjects released through Universal, produced by Pat Powers, notable for their naturalistic characters. Powers himself continued to operate through the early 1930s, with a sound-on-film system called "Cinephone", and supervising Ub Iwerks' ca..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the documentary New Messina (1912).

📖 Synopsis

Well-known professor Doctor Tilton orders a skeleton so that he can better demonstrate to his students the various parts of the human anatomy. When the express company delivers it, his two children, Matty and Early, are with him w...