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Voidsville Follies

Works by Edward Dillon (4)

The Lonedale Operator

D.W. Griffith (director)
G.W. Bitzer (cinematographer)
Mack Sennett (writer)
Blanche Sweet (lead)
Francis J. Grandon (lead)
Edward Dillon (lead)
Biograph (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Mar 1911
Minutes: 17

Variation on the invasion-call-rescue formula of Griffith`s earlier "The Lonely Villa". Most importantly, the melodramatic fat is trimmed by replacing Mother Purity and Her Three Snow White Virgins with one smart tough cookie - a working girl who even stays cool enough to take a quick mid-crisis nap - thus avoiding the worst of the dated hokey trappings that plague too many Griffith films.

Featured elements:

: action; crime; distress call; invasion-call-rescue; rescue; romance; suspense; train; tramp

Help! Help!

Mack Sennett (director)
Mabel Normand (lead)
Fred Mace (lead)
Dell Henderson (lead)
Edward Dillon (lead)
Biograph (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Apr 1912
Minutes: 8

Parody of the (unintentionally) much funnier rescue thriller, "The Lonely Villa" (that Sennett wrote and performed in), and steppingstone to the (intentionally) funnier debut (or semi-debut according to some) film of The Keystone Cops released a year later, "The Bangville Police".

Featured elements:

: automobile; comedy; distress call; home invasion; invasion-call-rescue; parody; rescue; slapstick

Helen's Marriage

Mack Sennett (director/lead/producer)
Mabel Normand (lead)
Edward Dillon (lead)
Fred Mace (lead)
Dell Henderson (lead)
Biograph (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in May 1912
Minutes: 7

No laughs, just young Mabel - for completists only.

Featured elements:

: comedy; forbidden love

An Interrupted Elopement

Mack Sennett (director/lead/producer)
Mabel Normand (lead)
Edward Dillon (lead)
Ford Sterling (lead)
Elmer Booth (lead)
Biograph (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in Aug 1912
Minutes: 8

Maybe “Helen's Marriage” was a smash hit, because just three months later Mabel and Edward Dillon were at it again. Though this one is helped a bit by Ford Sterling hamming it up as usual, it's still mainly for collectors.

Featured elements:

: comedy; forbidden love

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