Help! Help! Hydrophobia!

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Help! Help! Hydrophobia!
Directed by Henry Lehrman
Produced by Mack Sennett
Starring Fatty Arbuckle
Release date
  • March 3, 1913 (1913-03-03)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Help! Help! Hydrophobia! is a 1913 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. [1]

Contents

The film is also known as The Chemist. [2]

Plot

The Professor resents Jim Brown courting his daughter. Jim accidentally feeds the dog a milk culture the Professor has been experimenting on, and the Professor believes that the dog is infected with deadly germs. Everyone runs away from the dog.

Cast

The cast includes: [3]

Reception

The film was said to be "exceedingly funny". [4]

See also

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Help! Help! Hydrophobia!". Silent Era. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  2. "LES FILMS MUETS DE MACK SENNETT". www.lesgensducinema.com. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  3. Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland Inc. p. 279. ISBN   9780786457076 . Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. "Republican and Herald from Pottsville, Pennsylvania". Newspapers.com. October 22, 1914. Retrieved July 7, 2024.