Droppington's Devilish Deed(1915)

movie - first aired/released 1915-04-05 - 10 min

Comedy

Directed by Walter Wright

Thinking he’s performing a good deed stagehand Droppington causes the breakup of the current show when he turns the full strength of the hose on what he supposes to be a fire in the theater. The fact of the matter is magician Mephisto was performing one of his tricks, hence the smoke.