Helping John

Helping John
Directed by Bannister Merwin
Written by Bannister Merwin
Starring Bigelow Cooper
Miriam Nesbitt
Barry O'Moore
Robert Brower
Distributed by Edison
Release dates
  • August 28, 1912 (1912-08-28)
Running time
1000 ft. (approx.)
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Helping John is a short American silent comedy produced by the Edison Company in 1912.

Release

The film was released in the United States on August 14, 1912.[1] It reached venues New Zealand in December, 1912, screening in Canterbury at the beginning of the month,[2] and in Whanganui just after Christmas.[3][4] It subsequently played in Masterton in January, 1913,[5] and at His Majesty's Theatre in Stratford, Taranaki in February.[6] It was programmed with Holding the Fort when it was screened at King's Theatre in Thames, in March.[7]

References

  1. Edison Kinetogram. Vol 7. No 1. p 11. 1 August 1912. Retrieved 21 December 2015
  2. Amusements. The Press. Volume XLVIII. Issue 14533. 9 December 1912. p 1. Retrieved 25 December 2015
  3. KING'S PICTURES. Wanganui Chronicle. Issue 12857. 27 December 1912. p 4. Retrieved 25 December 2015
  4. Amusements Wanganui Herald. Volume XLVII. Issue 13864. 26 December 1912. p 1. Retrieved 25 December 2015
  5. Meetings and Amusements. Wairarapa Daily Times. Volume LXIV. Issue 11578. 29 January 1913. p 1.
  6. Stratford News Taranaki Daily News. Volume LV. Issue 238. 27 February 1913. p 3. Retrieved 25 December 2015
  7. Amusements. Thames Star. Volume XLVII. Issue 14474. 13 March 1913. p 4. Retrieved 25 December 2015

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