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A Bad (K)Night
(1899) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by [?] F.S. Armitage?
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Cinematography by F.S. Armitage (Frederick S. Armitage). / © 11 November 1902 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H23800]. Released June 1899. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was [?] shot? on 9 June 1899.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A portly clubman comes home after a social session considerably the worse for the wear. In the hall he encounters a suit of armor which has all the appearances of being alive; and he is so badly frightened that he collapses in a chair, where he is discovered by his wife, and marched off to bed.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 December 2022.
References: Niver-Early p. 21 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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