director:
D.W. Griffith
playwright:
Frank E. Woods
actor:
John R. Cumpson
/
Florence Lawrence
/
Mack Sennett
/
Linda Arvidson
/
George Gebhardt
…
genre:
Comedy
region:
United States
language:
no language
length: 8m
release date: 1908-09-25
IMDb: tt0000762
Overview
After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired. The police arrive and pursue the man, now covered in soot. He jumps onto the roof below his, landing two dandies into a trough of paint.