Synopsis
This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being depleted by thieves. Farmer Jones decides to adopt drastic measures and loads one of the sticks with dynamite. In the next scene a colored deacon, one of the shining lights in the African Church, is seen making away with the wood. The next scene shows the home of the deacon, where he is taking his comfort at the kitchen fire, while his wife is busy…
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Details
- Studio
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Released
- 1904-04-08
- Running time
- 4 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Very Educational · geezitshuge · 2023-04-20
Pretty funny. Not too crazy about the white people stereotype. Not POC.