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Getting Even (S)

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Original title

Getting Even

Year

1909

Running time

6 min.

Country

United States

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Cinematography

G.W. Bitzer (B&W)

Producer

Biograph Company

Genre

Comedy | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film

Synopsis

The most satisfying and pleasurable sensation experienced is "getting even," especially where one has been held up to ridicule before a jeering mob. Such was the reguerdon of Bud, the Kid of the Mining Camp, after suffering gross humiliation at the hands of the other cowboys and miners. Miss Lucy, the belle of the camp, is introduced to the Kid, and makes an impression; the Kid becomes quite seriously inclined towards her. The boys, more in the spirit of jest than chagrin, poke fun at him; call him the baby, and end with Jim Blake spanking him. Needless to say the Kid is mortified and swears to get square. A masque ball is to be held that night, so Bud plans his revenge. All tog out in grotesque costumes, a high old time is imminent, for it is fair to assume that the society folk of the camp will be well represented. Bud, however, feigns a toothache and will not go. Dressed up in carnival duds, the gang leaves the shack for the pavilion. All gone. Bud jumps from his bunk, and dresses...

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Getting Even (S)

1909

D.W. Griffith

4.6

(22)