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  • Lunatics in Power (1909)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Lunatics in Power (1909)
Short | Short, Comedy
A good-natured old uncle is induced by his two favorite nieces to visit an insane asylum. The trio arrive during mealtime. Uncle, while waiting the arrival of the superintendent, wanders around and incautiously enters an empty room. As he ...See moreA good-natured old uncle is induced by his two favorite nieces to visit an insane asylum. The trio arrive during mealtime. Uncle, while waiting the arrival of the superintendent, wanders around and incautiously enters an empty room. As he is about to come out, a keeper passes and thinking Uncle is a lunatic trying to escape, forces him back and locks him in the room. Uncle protests, but to deaf ears. Finally becoming excited, and very mad, he makes a terrible racket. Keepers arrive and undertake to quiet him. He escapes them, and they have a lively chase through several rooms. During the excitement they run across the lunatics who have just had their dinner and who join in the chase. One lunatic succeeds in closing the door on the keepers and locks them up. Uncle, however, hides behind a curtain. The lunatics hold a consultation over Uncle, decide that he is insane and that he is a chicken and immediately proceed to transform him into one. A pillow furnishes the necessary feathers and molasses the sticker. In honor of his arrival they decide to have a feast with chicken as the main dish, Uncle to be the chicken. Ere they can execute their fell design, the nieces arrive on the scene in search of "Nunkey." They are ushered in by one of the insane "trustees" who imagines himself to be the superintendent. He invites them to stay for the chicken dinner. In the meantime the superintendent (locked in a separate cell) sees the "Queen of Sheba" parading near-by. He makes love to her and she, delighted, condescends to open the cell door. He liberates the keepers in time to prevent Uncle being sacrificed. The lunatics are driven to their rooms, and Uncle and nieces depart all vowing "never again" to enter an insane asylum. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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J. Searle Dawley
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Updated May 11, 1909
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May 11, 1909 (United States)

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