Bunny Dips Into Society

Bunny Dips Into Society, also known as Bunny and the Bunny Hug, is a short American silent comedy film.

Bunny Dips Into Society
Directed byWilfrid North
Written byK.W. Hood
StarringJohn Bunny
Earle Williams
Leah Baird
Distributed byVitagraph
Release date
May 17, 1913
Running time
1,030 ft[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
English intertitles

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
  1. To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 9, 1913, p. 115-116, retrieved October 1, 2015
  2. To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 9, 1913, p. 115-116, retrieved October 1, 2015
  3. Barmouth & County Advertiser and District Weekly News. 28 February 1914. p 2. Retrieved 5 October 2015
  4. Opera House Pictures. Poverty Bay Herald Volume XL, Issue 13234. 17 November 1913. p 7. Accessed 5 October 2015
  5. MoMA: Class War: How the Other Half Lives Retrieved 10 October 2015


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