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  • Brown's Big Butler (1914)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Brown's Big Butler (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy
Benjamin Brown, a bachelor, is called out of town just as he expects a visit from a friend. He writes the latter to make himself entirely at home in the Brown apartment. The friend, Jack Reed, arrives and rings Brown's bell. He does not ...See moreBenjamin Brown, a bachelor, is called out of town just as he expects a visit from a friend. He writes the latter to make himself entirely at home in the Brown apartment. The friend, Jack Reed, arrives and rings Brown's bell. He does not see the Brown butler, who is only about three feet high, and he feels a bit unsettled when the door closes as he can see no one. He turns to pick up his suitcase and finds that it has disappeared. He makes his way to the dining room where a decanter and glasses seem to mysteriously appear on the table, and later this is followed by breakfast. The butler supposes that Jack knows that he is there and goes about his tasks so quietly that Jack does not catch sight of him and is beginning to attribute the mysterious appearance to supernatural causes. The last straw is when the table cloth apparently vanishes of its own accord. He gets a policeman to help him solve the mystery but the policeman is no more fortunate in catching sight of the butler and both are pretty badly scared at the strange things that happen until the butler starts to climb to the top shelf of the butler's pantry and falls, carrying the shelf down with him. The crash attracts the policeman and Jack and they enjoy a good laugh as they extricate the half-portion butler from his predicament. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
E.W. Sargent (story)
Producer
Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Jun 23, 1914
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Jun 23, 1914 (United States)

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