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How They Stopped the Run on the Bank
Also known as [The Run on the Bank]
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Otis Turner
Cast: George L. Cox [Dick Thatcher], Charles Clary [Mr. Church, president of the bank], Kathlyn Williams [Dorothy Church, the president’s daughter], William Stowell [Fred, a bank clerk], Frank Weed [McCluggens, the lion tamer], Rex de Rosselli [Windy Bill, the side show barker], Winifred Greenwood [Ann Boyd], Lillian Leighton [Miss Sayer], Adrienne Kroell [Katherine Volkes], [?] Hobart Bosworth?, [?] Tom Santschi?, Duke the lion
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Lanier Bartlett and Otis Turner. / Released 19 October 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rumor has it that the Forest City State Bank, one of the oldest and most conservative institutions in the country, is hard pressed for cash. The news spreads like wildfire and a run is imminent. Money has been wired for but the question of the moment is to quiet the frantic crowd until it arrives. Mr. Church, the president, faces ruin and disgrace if the run starts. Quite by chance, young Dick Thatcher, the cashier, and Dorothy Church, his fiancée, hit upon a novel idea to quell the panic. They secure a ferocious live lion and his tamer from the circus, which is in town, and when the doors of the bank are thrown open to the surging crowd, they forget all about their deposited money in a wild effort to get as far away from the bank as possible. The ensemble in this delightful comedy was composed of members of the Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League of Illinois. Over two hundred of them acted in this unique production.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 January 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: VHS.
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