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How They Got the Vote
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Ashley Miller

Cast: Barry O’Moore (Herbert Yost) [the lover], Bessie Learn [the girl], William Wadsworth [the prime minister], Elizabeth Miller [the suffragette], Herbert Prior [the magician], Mrs. William Bechtel, Arthur Housman

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Ashley Miller. / Released 1 January 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Fantasy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 May 2012.

References: Sloan-Loud pp. 103, 104, 149 : Website-IMDb.