The Late Lamented (1922, silent)

Description: Content warning: This film contains a racist, stereotyped depiction of an African American character, as well as making light of suicide.

Short macabre comedy in which the hero tries to speed along the suicide of his sweetheart's rich uncle in order to win the favor of her father.

Can: No. 008, 1 reels, reel No. 1

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Subjects: Domestic life; Families; Dating; Racism; Mental Health; 1920s

Tags: Philip Graves Undertaker; macabre humor; skeletons; suicide; death; comedy; intertitles; intertitles with illustrations

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Rolin Film Company

Credits: Director: Robert Eddy

Distributor: Pathé Distributors

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1922

Geographical Location:

Genre/Form: short, silent

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Rights: (c) Pathé Exchange, Inc. (Hal E. Roach, author); title, descr. & 16 prints, 20Jul22; LU18076.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 398