After a night of tearing the roof off the town with the fellows, jovial collegiate Jack (William Duncan) finds himself buttling to avoid a stay in jail-- Inadvertently following his father's advice to cut out the partying and find a side job. While dutifully serving, he bumps into his girlfriend (Corrine Griffith) who he'd ducked out on earlier.
Vitagraph Studios produced one-reelers more sophisticated than the average programmer / potboiler of the day, and indeed "Cost" is just that: A good example of well-made, if unremarkable, Vitagraph fare. But it's also a film produced during a time of transitions for Vitagraph. That is, transitions away from comedies starring their two signature teams (Vitagraph's most popular star, John Bunny of the "Bunny-Finches" passed away in 1915) and a transition toward supplying more serious "features" to movie palaces, rather than shorts to nickelodeons.
Blackhawk 860302088 LOC0416 scanned with a Wolverine Pro at 2k.
There's a pretty terrible frame jitter / roll that begins at 6:17 and ends at 6:36. This was present in all three scans I've made of this Super 8 print. Could be that the sprocket holes are slightly larger in those 400 or so frames. Hopefully this doesn't distract you too much from this otherwise entertaining 1916 comedy.
29 июн 2024
