The Fake Gas-Man
Režie: Phillips SmalleyMrs. Pretty goes to the office of the gas company to pay her bill and to complain about the size of the bill. Freddy Barnett, who is a gay masher, sees her and follows her home. He follows her into the house, and Bridget, thinking he is the gas inspector, admits him. He tries to engage Mrs. Pretty in conversation, but Bridget drags him off to the cellar, where the meter is. She leaves him there, and Freddy not knowing anything about a meter, sits down to enjoy a smoke. Bridget comes down and makes him go to the meter. He stands on a box to reach it, and she again goes upstairs. Freddy, in trying to balance himself on the box, takes hold of one of the pipes connected with the meter and it breaks loose from its fastenings, precipitating Freddie into a pile of coal. The gas escapes and Freddy, rendered unconscious by the fall, is nearly asphyxiated. Bridget smells the gas escaping and goes to the cellar. She locates the trouble and goes for a policeman. They carry Freddy out and revive him. Just then the real gas inspector arrives and Freddy is exposed as an impostor. The gas inspector fixes the meter, and Freddy is dragged off to jail.
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The Fake Gas-Man byl vydán 19. ledna 1913.
The Fake Gas-Man byl režírován Phillips Smalley.
The Fake Gas-Man je dlouhý 4 m.
Mrs. Pretty goes to the office of the gas company to pay her bill and to complain about the size of the bill. Freddy Barnett, who is a gay masher, sees her and follows her home. He follows her into the house, and Bridget, thinking he is the gas inspector, admits him. He tries to engage Mrs. Pretty in conversation, but Bridget drags him off to the cellar, where the meter is. She leaves him there, and Freddy not knowing anything about a meter, sits down to enjoy a smoke. Bridget comes down and makes him go to the meter. He stands on a box to reach it, and she again goes upstairs. Freddy, in trying to balance himself on the box, takes hold of one of the pipes connected with the meter and it breaks loose from its fastenings, precipitating Freddie into a pile of coal. The gas escapes and Freddy, rendered unconscious by the fall, is nearly asphyxiated. Bridget smells the gas escaping and goes to the cellar. She locates the trouble and goes for a policeman. They carry Freddy out and revive him. Just then the real gas inspector arrives and Freddy is exposed as an impostor. The gas inspector fixes the meter, and Freddy is dragged off to jail.
Klíčové postavy v The Fake Gas-Man jsou Bridget the Maid (Pearl White), Freddy Barnett (Chester Barnett).
The Fake Gas-Man je film s žánrem Short, Komedie.