Bunny Dips Into Society
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| Directed by | Wilfrid North |
| Written by | K.W. Hood |
| Starring | John Bunny Earle Williams Leah Baird |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph |
Release date | May 17, 1913 |
Running time | 1,030 ft[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Bunny Dips Into Society, also known as Bunny and the Bunny Hug, is a short American silent comedy film.
Plot summary
A poor but gregarious Irish nightwatchman is falsely introduced as a count at a society ball. He proved to be very popular, especially with the ladies. In one sequence, Bunny performs a (at the time) new and popular dance, the Bunny Hug.
Release
Bunny Dips Into Society was released on May 17, 1913, in the United States, where it was presented as a split-reel with another Vitagraph comedy, Three to One. It was released in London on August 25, 1913,[2] and was still circulating on the British mainland in late February, 1914.[3] It accompanied Selig's production Wamba, a Child of the Jungle when that film screened in New Zealand.[4]
The film has survived and was presented, with live musical accompaniment by Ben Model at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[5]
References
- ↑ To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 9, 1913, p. 115-116, retrieved October 1, 2015
- ↑ To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 9, 1913, p. 115-116, retrieved October 1, 2015
- ↑ Barmouth & County Advertiser and District Weekly News. 28 February 1914. p 2. Retrieved 5 October 2015
- ↑ Opera House Pictures. Poverty Bay Herald Volume XL, Issue 13234. 17 November 1913. p 7. Accessed 5 October 2015
- ↑ MoMA: Class War: How the Other Half Lives Retrieved 10 October 2015