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Willie and Tim in the Motor Car
Also known as Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds in the USA : [Fine Feathers Make Fine Friends]
(1905) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by Percy Stow

Cast: (unknown)

Clarendon production. / Released in the United Kingdom in July 1905. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / Characters based on the British comic strip “Weary Willie and Tired Tim.” / © 25 August 1905 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in the USA.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Willie and Tim and their girlfriends decide to try out a touring automobile that isn’t theirs and have amusing adventures.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Back roads - Chases - Crime: Theft (Automobile) - Dances - Domestics: Maids - Fights - Joyriding - Organ grinders - Police: Policemen - Street scenes - Transportation: Automobiles, Bicycles - Water

Listing updated: 13 January 2015.

References: Film viewing : Niver-First p. 95.

Home video: VHS.