Officer Muldoon's Double (1910)
Officer Muldoon is tired, for there was a hurry call for the reserves the night before and he lost a lot of sleep. It is dereliction of duty but tired nature craves repose. Muldoon strips off his coat, removes belt, club and hat and stretches himself upon a bench in the park tor a quiet nap. Reginald Plantagenet, "late with Charles Frohman," but still more lately leading man of the Plantagenet Players, is walking back home after the collapse of the 10-20-30 venture. He almost succeeds in getting a pie but the standkeeper is wise and wants his money first, an apparently universal proposition that has kept Reginald from eating for the past two days. Passing through the park Reginald espies the sleeping beauty on the bench and an idea strikes him. The uniform is more or less a free pass to the courtesies of the corner stands and with the aid of makeup Reginald soon transforms himself into the double of the faithful preserver of the peace. Jauntily swinging the club be starts a foraging trip. He would have gotten away with it had it not been that his appetite was stronger than his judgment. He eats the entire stock, despite the protests of the tender and moves on to the next stand while the bankrupted purveyor of food goes in search of a less voracious policeman. He finds the inspector and they go to look for the offender, being joined by others whose stocks have been wiped out. Meanwhile the joyful tragedian has returned to the park, the borrowed regalia is returned and Reginald seeks a more secluded spot for his own nap. Heavy feeding had made him sleepy and without bothering to remove the makeup, be falls asleep. The inspector locates Muldoon and all are agreed that he is the offender but his earnest protestations of innocence carry conviction and further search is made, Reginald is located and, well, the rest can be imagined.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
