USA, 1916
300 metres
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1
silent
An American borderline fantasy film directed by Louis Chaudet.
Plot Summary
Newly-weds stay at the bungalow of a friend for their honeymoon. A lost actor, Montmorency, turns up at their door with his pair of performing chimpanzees who he’s forced to sell to a circus owner. The chimps escape and return to the bungalow and cause chaos as the newly-weds come to believe that the house is haunted.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Louis Chaudet
E. & R. Jungle Film Co.
Story by: Frances Willey
Cast
Ralph McComas (the husband)
Lillian Brown Leighton (the wife)
Napoleon [chimpanzee]
Sally [chimpanzee]
Charles Carter (circus manager)
Louis Chaudet (the rube)
References
Books
- The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts 1915-1976 by Gary D. Rhodes and David J. Hogan pp.69-70
