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Old Dutch

February 15, 1915

50 minutes

Frank Hall Crane

Comedy

Overview

Ludwig "Old Dutch" Streusand and his daughter Violet live in New York, and after years of hard study and labor Old Dutch completes his invention: the "teloptophone," a device which, when attached to a telephone, enables the speaker to see the party at the other end of the wire.

Movie Details

Release Date

February 15, 1915

Runtime

50 minutes

Director

Frank Hall Crane

Production Companies

Shubert Film Corporation

Cast

Lew Fields

Ludwig Streussand -'Old Dutch'

Vivian Martin

Violet Streussand

George Hassell

Harry Bennett

Marie Empress

Mildred Bennett

Charles Judels

Jules Joubert

William J. Ferguson

John Rockmorgan

Chester Barnett

Harold Rockmorgan

Helen Hawley

Model for Howard Chandler Christy (uncredited)

Peggy O'Neil

Model for Hamilton King (uncredited)

Pat Walshe

Small Waiter (uncredited)