Bobby's Kodak

Bobby's Kodak
Directed byWallace McCutcheon
StarringEdward Dillon
Robert Harron
Production
company
Distributed byAmerican Mutoscope & Biograph
Release date
  • February 10, 1908 (1908-02-10)
Running time
1 reel[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

Bobby's Kodak is a 1908 American silent short comedy film directed by Wallace McCutcheon and starring Edward Dillon and Robert Harron. The film was released by American Mutoscope & Biograph on February 10, 1908.[2][3]

Plot

According to a contemporary magazine,[4] "Papa brings home the kodak for Bobby, and at once instructs him how to work it. First the family arranged and a snap taken; then baby, grandpa, and so on. Bobby has now gotten a pretty clear idea of the thing and resolves to go it alone —and he does with a vengeance. He yearns for something more spicy and piquant, and his yearning was soon appeased. Going to his dad's room, where paterfamilias is indulging in a quiet nap, he sees mamma extracting the loose change from papa's pockets. Click goes the infernal machine and the damaging evidence is recorded. To the kitchen he is drawn by this evil genius, the kodak, and there finds Maggie and the cop brightening their condition of social ostracism with apple pie and kisses. Click. Later in the day papa's office is visited. Bobby now becomes the star of an evening's entertainment home with the stereopticon show. On the sheet in the parlor are thrown the various scenes. Papa finally smashes the machine."

Cast

Preservation

The film was considered a lost film for decades[5] until a copy was found in the Library of Congress.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses, c.2002 Anthony Slide
  2. ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Bobby's Kodak". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bobby's Kodak". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Moving Pictures". New York Clipper. 55 (52): 1426. February 15, 1908 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Bobby's Kodak at silentera.com
  6. ↑ Bobby's Kodak (1908) starring Robert "Bobby" Harron(Wayback Machine)
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