Our New Errand Boy

Our New Errand Boy is a 1905 British short silent comedy film, directed by James Williamson, about a new errand boy, engaged by a grocer who soon regrets the appointment. This "relatively unambitious" chase comedy, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "is one of a number of Williamson films featuring a mischievous child, played by the director's son Tom." "Although essentially a series of sketches," this film, according to David Fisher, "demonstrates the extent to which Williamson had developed film technique For a start, the film has a title frame, which includes the logo of the Williamson Cinematograph Company," and, "the chase section anticipates the American comedies of the next decade."[1][2]

Our New Errand Boy
Screenshot from the film
Directed byJames Williamson
StarringTom Williamson
James Williamson
CinematographyJames Williamson
Production
company
Williamson Kinematograph Company
Release date
  • 1905 (1905)
Running time
5 mins 46 secs
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent

The film stars the director's son, Tom Williamson, one of the first professional child actors, featured in several films, generally directed by his father (who is also an interpreter of the film here).[3]

Plot

A mischievous boy (Tom Williamson), sent by the grocer (James Williamson) to deliver the goods home, causes havoc in the streets of Hove. When he returns to the shop, he finds all his victims waiting for him. It follows an adventurous escape, in which the unrepentant boy soon gets the better of his pursuers and laughs at them.

Cast
gollark: Free, want ND or 2G prize.
gollark: Cuprous!
gollark: <@383017585584766977> Just get random AP eggs and wait. Non-instant hatchlings!
gollark: I wonder if I'm allowed to autorefresh and automatically get the time when the hour changes.
gollark: *should stare at the times for four*

References
  1. Brooke, Michael. "Our New Errand Boy". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. Fisher, David. "Our New Errand Boy". Brightonfilm.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p.9.
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