The Foreman of the Jury

📅 1913 ⏱️ 11 min 🎭 Comedy, Short

📋 Details

🎬 Director
Mack Sennett
🌍 Countries
United States of America
🏢 Production
Keystone Film Company
🗣️ Languages
No Language

🎭 Genres

Comedy Short

📖 Overview

Jones is broke. His girl is giving a birthday party, and her various suitors give her costly presents. Jones finds a beautiful lavaliere, which be gives to Mabel, and wins her heart. He is chosen as the foreman of a jury, and when petty offenders are brought to trial turns a deaf ear to all pleas for mercy, gaining the hatred of the other jurors. Finally a man is brought up who is to he tried for stealing the necklace Jones found. A strong case is shown, and all the other jurors want to find him guilty, but Jones holds out for an acquittal. Mabel comes into the court room and sits alongside of the complainant. The necklace is seen and an uproar takes place. Jones is accused as a thief and in a highly melodramatic manner takes a huge vial from his pocket, drinks the contents and falls back dead.

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🎭 Cast

Ford Sterling
Ford Sterling
Jones - Foreman of the Jury
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
Mabel
Fred Mace
Fred Mace
The Thief

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