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How the Kids Got Even
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 325 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / © 13 February 1909 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H122900]. Released 16 February 1909; in a split-reel with The Honor of the Slums (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A country grocery man puts a seat outside his store for his customers to rest upon on their way to and from the city. The boys of the neighborhood make more use of it than his customers and bother him so much that he rigs up a long stick with a needle projecting from the end, attaches a string at the other end, so that from the inside of the store, when the boys are occupying the seat, by pulling the string he can make them vacate. The worst boy of the lot slips up and learns the scheme, so he puts another string on it and goes around the corner, where he can see who sits down. Presently the customers begin to arrive, a Negro washerwoman, an elderly gentleman messenger boy etc. Each one is given a shock. Then he goes to the victims and shows them the string running inside the store. The people rush inside the store. The people rush inside and play havoc with the grocery man's wares and beat him and his clerks unmercifully.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 January 2025.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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