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  • A Mix-Up in Black (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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A Mix-Up in Black (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Bob is late for the office. "Let her out," he yells to his chauffeur. Anita is going over to help Dorothy get out the invitations for her dinner party. Anita's car has a blow-out and just then Bob's machine passes. He stops to help her. ...See moreBob is late for the office. "Let her out," he yells to his chauffeur. Anita is going over to help Dorothy get out the invitations for her dinner party. Anita's car has a blow-out and just then Bob's machine passes. He stops to help her. Bob hurts his finger and Anita ties it up for him. They look into each other's eyes; they smile, they love, and each forgets to ask the other's name. Bob's club is rehearsing its minstrel show. Only five minutes to catch the last train. Bob rushes off without a chance to remove his make-up. He enters the train and there is the one girl of his dreams. She knows him not, and Bob, in his grotesque make-up, dares not reveal himself. Anita is bound for Dorothy's dinner party. The train stops. Anita leaves the train. She also leaves her purse, and Bob sees it. Off he rushes after her car. He reaches Dorothy's house just a few minutes after Anita arrives, and finds both girls very much upset. The butler in Dorothy's home is intoxicated and so, unable to serve the dinner party that night. As Bob returns Anita's purse to her, Dorothy offers to employ him in the butler's stead. Bob, who, of course, has been mistaken for a real negro, accepts. Butling, of course, has never been Bob's strong point, and such small accidents as tipping the soup plates or dividing the gravy impartially among all the ladies' gowns, must be expected. But Bob is compelled to disclose his real identity. The police enter the house in search of the negro thief, and Bob has to take off the make-up to save himself. When Anita sees him, she recognizes her knight errant and then, oh, well, that's altogether different. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Will Louis
Writer
Florence Bolles
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Updated May 10, 1916
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May 10, 1916 (United States)

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6 cast members
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