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He Said He Could Act (1914)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy

He Said He Could Act (1914)

Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy

John Brown, who is really black, loves Mattie White, who also is black, and he might have won her had it not been for Rastus Johnson, who has been an actor with a colored troupe. Mattie falls for the glamour of the stage and it looks to be...See moreJohn Brown, who is really black, loves Mattie White, who also is black, and he might have won her had it not been for Rastus Johnson, who has been an actor with a colored troupe. Mattie falls for the glamour of the stage and it looks to be '"good night" for John. He gets a job as a slave with a Shakespearean company and proudly announces to Mattie that he is an actor, too, with a white company, at that. More important still, he has a job and Rastus has none. The only thing that prevents complete surrender is the fact that he cannot take her to the theater and act, too. Rastus is her escort. John is disappointed in his costume. He expected more and even the addition of a spear does not help him much. On the scene his awkwardness breaks up the show, helped by some tricks that the stage hands play on him. The irritated leading man charges on John with a sword, but John beats him out of the back door. He is not quick enough, however, to outstrip a charge of bird-shot the property man sends after him, and he cannot even sit down to think over his troubles. Mattie Spurns him and the last we see of him a policeman is sending him home in a barrel to cover his scanty wardrobe. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
John Edwards John Brown John Brown See fewer	The Rise of the Johnsons (1914)
Mattie Edwards Mattie White Mattie White See fewer	Within Our Gates (1920)
Luke Scott Rastus Johnson Rastus Johnson See fewer	There Goes the Neighborhood (2003)
Raymond McKee Acting Company Stagehand Acting Company Stagehand See fewer	A Blind Bargain (1922)
Billy Bowers Acting Company Stagehand Acting Company Stagehand See fewer	Fire! Fire! (1914)
Ben Walker Acting Company (as Benjamin Walker) Acting Company (as Benjamin Walker) See fewer	Snowed In (1926)

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