The Curtain Pole

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing…

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing…

Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year’s Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very…
Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Alphonse and Gaston get into an argument over cocktails and agree to a duel.

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses’ residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch ‘the acting bug’ in this split-reel subject.


If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story. If they have not, perhaps it will be a warning to them to watch very carefully the birthdays and…
Mr. Jones jumps to the wrong conclusions when he sees a bouquet of flowers and a man’s hat in the parlor.

Harry’s rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry’s wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so Uncle doesn’t discover the truth.
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.