Cannibal King

Cannibal King
Directed byFrank Griffin
Written byEdwin R. Coffin
Produced byArthur Hotaling
StarringOliver Hardy
Release date
  • July 6, 1915 (1915-07-06)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Cannibal King is a July, 1915 American silent comedy film starring Oliver Hardy. It was shown on a split reel following a cartoon comedy called Ping Pong Woo. The copyright was registered at the Library of Congress under Ping Pong Woo.

Plot

This plot was published in The New York Dramatic Mirror, July 14, 1915:

It depicts the efforts of one Willie to buy his girl a birthday present, and being engaged as "super" in a motion picture in the making. Then his rival exceeds all rules by being allowed to bring the girl as a visitor, which causes the Cannibal King—Willie—to make a dash for liberty. In seeking refuge he scares all passers-by, and soon has the police on his trail. Escaped, he scares his rival away, and then proposes.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Louvish, Simon (2005). Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy. New York: St. Martin's. p. 481. ISBN 978-0-312-32598-5.
  2. ↑ Miller, Blair (2013). Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7618-5996-3.
  3. ↑ Lubin Manufacturing Company. Ping Pong Woo. Motion Picture Copyright Descriptions Collection. Class M, -1977. 1915. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/s1229m00362/.
  4. ↑ "Licensed Films: The Cannibal King, Lubin, July 6". The New York Dramatic Mirror. July 14, 1915. p. 32.