   King of the Mountain match   = Home Made Mince Pie =   Home Made Mince Pie is a 1910 American silent short comedy produced by the Thanhouser Company . The film is a comedy of circumstances , in which the Gale family is going to host a dinner . The focus of the humor is in a mince pie that brandy is added to in an attempt to make it more appreciable , but three people each add brandy to the pie . Everyone becomes tipsy upon eating the pie , including the family cat , and the film concludes . No cast or staff credits for this film are known . The film was released on September 27 , 1910 , to mixed reviews in trade publications . Reviewers mentioned that the film was too long and it was unbelievable that one pie split eight ways would be able to impact everyone . The film is presumed lost .   = = Plot = =   Though the film is presumed lost , a synopsis survives in The Moving Picture World from September 24 , 1910 . It states : " Life in a country town is often tedious and tiresome , and were it not for the little dinners and teas the townsfolk are constantly given , existence in some localities would be a very dreary thing indeed . So the time honored get @-@ togethers of the small town are an established feature to the social calendar ; they are just as much a matter of necessity and as such have come to stay . The Gales thought well of this established feature . They made it a joyous occasion for themselves as well as their guests . They were hardly an overly wealthy family , and their table was never notable for an oversupply of the good things of life , but whenever they gave a dinner they cast all thoughts of economy to the country winds and worked to the one end that their guests have a pleasant time . "   " On the night before such an event neither Mamma , Pappa , or Daughter Gale could get those minutes ' solid sleep for thought that they might have overlooked some essential in the guests ' comfort . At the first crow of the rooster they would come hopping down to the kitchen to get the larder into shape . So little wonder that on occasion of the dinner here pictured - when the prize dish was a splendid homemade mince pie - the Gales were ever looking after the need of the said pie . First Mamma Gale would tiptoe to the table whereupon it sat in solemn state , and give it a stir ; then Pappa Gale would tiptoe over and give it a stir ; finally Daughter Gale would have to come over and honor it likewise . Then arrived the guests . The Minister and the Mrs. Minister , they were , and some neighbors . While she was receiving them the recollection came to Mamma Gale that the beloved mince pie had not received its flavoring . Off she speeds to a decanter of whiskey in the kitchen . She pours into the pie the right proportion of liquor , and goes back to her guests . Then Pappa Gale remembers that the pie has not been flavored . He , too , excuses himself and a moment later is found pouring whiskey into the sacred mince . No sooner has he ceased and returned to his guest than Daughter Gale , who has just remembered about the forgotten flavoring , rushes in and makes for the whiskey . She pours ' the right proportion ' in , too . "   = = Production = =   The writer of the scenario is unknown , but it was most likely Lloyd Lonergan . He was an experienced newspaperman employed by The New York Evening World while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions . The film director is unknown , but it may have been Barry O 'Neil . Film historian Q. David Bowers does not attribute a cameraman for this production , but at least two possible candidates exist . Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company , but he was soon joined by Carl Louis Gregory who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer . The role of the cameraman was uncredited in 1910 productions . The cast credits are unknown , but many 1910 Thanhouser productions are fragmentary . In late 1910 , the Thanhouser company released a list of the important personalities in their films . The list includes G.W. Abbe , Justus D. Barnes , Frank H. Crane , Irene Crane , Marie Eline , Violet Heming , Martin J. Faust , Thomas Fortune , George Middleton , Grace Moore , John W. Noble , Anna Rosemond , Mrs. George Walters . A surviving film still gives the possibility of identifying eight actors .   = = Release and reception = =   The single reel comedy , approximately 1 @,@ 000 feet long , was released on September 27 , 1910 . The film likely had a wide national release , with advertisements in theaters known in Indiana , Kansas , Wisconsin , and Pennsylvania . The film would also be shown in Vancouver , Canada and was met with praise by the audience at the Province
Ġ Ġ ĠKing Ġof Ġthe ĠMountain Ġmatch Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠHome ĠMade ĠM ince ĠPie Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠHome ĠMade ĠM ince ĠPie Ġis Ġa Ġ1910 ĠAmerican Ġsilent Ġshort Ġcomedy Ġproduced Ġby Ġthe ĠThan h ous er ĠCompany Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġis Ġa Ġcomedy Ġof Ġcircumstances Ġ, Ġin Ġwhich Ġthe ĠGale Ġfamily Ġis Ġgoing Ġto Ġhost Ġa Ġdinner Ġ. ĠThe Ġfocus Ġof Ġthe Ġhumor Ġis Ġin Ġa Ġm ince Ġpie Ġthat Ġbrand y Ġis Ġadded Ġto Ġin Ġan Ġattempt Ġto Ġmake Ġit Ġmore Ġappreci able Ġ, Ġbut Ġthree Ġpeople Ġeach Ġadd Ġbrand y Ġto Ġthe Ġpie Ġ. ĠEveryone Ġbecomes Ġtip sy Ġupon Ġeating Ġthe Ġpie Ġ, Ġincluding Ġthe Ġfamily Ġcat Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġfilm Ġconcludes Ġ. ĠNo Ġcast Ġor Ġstaff Ġcredits Ġfor Ġthis Ġfilm Ġare Ġknown Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġwas Ġreleased Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ27 Ġ, Ġ1910 Ġ, Ġto Ġmixed Ġreviews Ġin Ġtrade Ġpublications Ġ. ĠReview ers Ġmentioned Ġthat Ġthe Ġfilm Ġwas Ġtoo Ġlong Ġand Ġit Ġwas Ġunbelievable Ġthat Ġone Ġpie Ġsplit Ġeight Ġways Ġwould Ġbe Ġable Ġto Ġimpact Ġeveryone Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġis Ġpresumed Ġlost Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPlot Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThough Ġthe Ġfilm Ġis Ġpresumed Ġlost Ġ, Ġa Ġsynopsis Ġsurvives Ġin ĠThe ĠMoving ĠPicture ĠWorld Ġfrom ĠSeptember Ġ24 Ġ, Ġ1910 Ġ. ĠIt Ġstates Ġ: Ġ" ĠLife Ġin Ġa Ġcountry Ġtown Ġis Ġoften Ġtedious Ġand Ġtires ome Ġ, Ġand Ġwere Ġit Ġnot Ġfor Ġthe Ġlittle Ġdinners Ġand Ġte as Ġthe Ġtowns folk Ġare Ġconstantly Ġgiven Ġ, Ġexistence Ġin Ġsome Ġlocal ities Ġwould Ġbe Ġa Ġvery Ġd re ary Ġthing Ġindeed Ġ. ĠSo Ġthe Ġtime Ġhonored Ġget Ġ@ - @ Ġtogether s Ġof Ġthe Ġsmall Ġtown Ġare Ġan Ġestablished Ġfeature Ġto Ġthe Ġsocial Ġcalendar Ġ; Ġthey Ġare Ġjust Ġas Ġmuch Ġa Ġmatter Ġof Ġnecessity Ġand Ġas Ġsuch Ġhave Ġcome Ġto Ġstay Ġ. ĠThe ĠG ales Ġthought Ġwell Ġof Ġthis Ġestablished Ġfeature Ġ. ĠThey Ġmade Ġit Ġa Ġjoy ous Ġoccasion Ġfor Ġthemselves Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġtheir Ġguests Ġ. ĠThey Ġwere Ġhardly Ġan Ġoverly Ġwealthy Ġfamily Ġ, Ġand Ġtheir Ġtable Ġwas Ġnever Ġnotable Ġfor Ġan Ġover supp ly Ġof Ġthe Ġgood Ġthings Ġof Ġlife Ġ, Ġbut Ġwhenever Ġthey Ġgave Ġa Ġdinner Ġthey Ġcast Ġall Ġthoughts Ġof Ġeconomy Ġto Ġthe Ġcountry Ġwinds Ġand Ġworked Ġto Ġthe Ġone Ġend Ġthat Ġtheir Ġguests Ġhave Ġa Ġpleasant Ġtime Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠOn Ġthe Ġnight Ġbefore Ġsuch Ġan Ġevent Ġneither ĠMam ma Ġ, ĠP appa Ġ, Ġor ĠDaughter ĠGale Ġcould Ġget Ġthose Ġminutes Ġ' Ġsolid Ġsleep Ġfor Ġthought Ġthat Ġthey Ġmight Ġhave Ġoverlooked Ġsome Ġessential Ġin Ġthe Ġguests Ġ' Ġcomfort Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġfirst Ġcrow Ġof Ġthe Ġro oster Ġthey Ġwould Ġcome Ġhopping Ġdown Ġto Ġthe Ġkitchen Ġto Ġget Ġthe Ġl ard er Ġinto Ġshape Ġ. ĠSo Ġlittle Ġwonder Ġthat Ġon Ġoccasion Ġof Ġthe Ġdinner Ġhere Ġpictured Ġ- Ġwhen Ġthe Ġprize Ġdish Ġwas Ġa Ġsplendid Ġhomemade Ġm ince Ġpie Ġ- Ġthe ĠG ales Ġwere Ġever Ġlooking Ġafter Ġthe Ġneed Ġof Ġthe Ġsaid Ġpie Ġ. ĠFirst ĠMam ma ĠGale Ġwould Ġt ipt oe Ġto Ġthe Ġtable Ġwhere upon Ġit Ġsat Ġin Ġsolemn Ġstate Ġ, Ġand Ġgive Ġit Ġa Ġstir Ġ; Ġthen ĠP appa ĠGale Ġwould Ġt ipt oe Ġover Ġand Ġgive Ġit Ġa Ġstir Ġ; Ġfinally ĠDaughter ĠGale Ġwould Ġhave Ġto Ġcome Ġover Ġand Ġhonor Ġit Ġlikewise Ġ. ĠThen Ġarrived Ġthe Ġguests Ġ. ĠThe ĠMinister Ġand Ġthe ĠMrs . ĠMinister Ġ, Ġthey Ġwere Ġ, Ġand Ġsome Ġneighbors Ġ. ĠWhile Ġshe Ġwas Ġreceiving Ġthem Ġthe Ġrecollection Ġcame Ġto ĠMam ma ĠGale Ġthat Ġthe Ġbeloved Ġm ince Ġpie Ġhad Ġnot Ġreceived Ġits Ġflav oring Ġ. ĠOff Ġshe Ġspeeds Ġto Ġa Ġdec an ter Ġof Ġwhiskey Ġin Ġthe Ġkitchen Ġ. ĠShe Ġp ours Ġinto Ġthe Ġpie Ġthe Ġright Ġproportion Ġof Ġliquor Ġ, Ġand Ġgoes Ġback Ġto Ġher Ġguests Ġ. ĠThen ĠP appa ĠGale Ġremembers Ġthat Ġthe Ġpie Ġhas Ġnot Ġbeen Ġflavored Ġ. ĠHe Ġ, Ġtoo Ġ, Ġexcuses Ġhimself Ġand Ġa Ġmoment Ġlater Ġis Ġfound Ġpouring Ġwhiskey Ġinto Ġthe Ġsacred Ġm ince Ġ. ĠNo Ġsooner Ġhas Ġhe Ġceased Ġand Ġreturned Ġto Ġhis Ġguest Ġthan ĠDaughter ĠGale Ġ, Ġwho Ġhas Ġjust Ġremembered Ġabout Ġthe Ġforgotten Ġflav oring Ġ, Ġrushes Ġin Ġand Ġmakes Ġfor Ġthe Ġwhiskey Ġ. ĠShe Ġp ours Ġ' Ġthe Ġright Ġproportion Ġ' Ġin Ġ, Ġtoo Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠProduction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġwriter Ġof Ġthe Ġscenario Ġis Ġunknown Ġ, Ġbut Ġit Ġwas Ġmost Ġlikely ĠLloyd ĠL oner gan Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġan Ġexperienced Ġnewspaper man Ġemployed Ġby ĠThe ĠNew ĠYork ĠEvening ĠWorld Ġwhile Ġwriting Ġscripts Ġfor Ġthe ĠThan h ous er Ġproductions Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġdirector Ġis Ġunknown Ġ, Ġbut Ġit Ġmay Ġhave Ġbeen ĠBarry ĠO Ġ' Neil Ġ. ĠFilm Ġhistorian ĠQ . ĠDavid ĠB owers Ġdoes Ġnot Ġattribute Ġa Ġcamer aman Ġfor Ġthis Ġproduction Ġ, Ġbut Ġat Ġleast Ġtwo Ġpossible Ġcandidates Ġexist Ġ. ĠBlair ĠSmith Ġwas Ġthe Ġfirst Ġcamer aman Ġof Ġthe ĠThan h ous er Ġcompany Ġ, Ġbut Ġhe Ġwas Ġsoon Ġjoined Ġby ĠCarl ĠLouis ĠGregory Ġwho Ġhad Ġyears Ġof Ġexperience Ġas Ġa Ġstill Ġand Ġmotion Ġpicture Ġphotographer Ġ. ĠThe Ġrole Ġof Ġthe Ġcamer aman Ġwas Ġunc redited Ġin Ġ1910 Ġproductions Ġ. ĠThe Ġcast Ġcredits Ġare Ġunknown Ġ, Ġbut Ġmany Ġ1910 ĠThan h ous er Ġproductions Ġare Ġfragment ary Ġ. ĠIn Ġlate Ġ1910 Ġ, Ġthe ĠThan h ous er Ġcompany Ġreleased Ġa Ġlist Ġof Ġthe Ġimportant Ġpersonalities Ġin Ġtheir Ġfilms Ġ. ĠThe Ġlist Ġincludes ĠG . W . ĠAb be Ġ, ĠJust us ĠD . ĠBarnes Ġ, ĠFrank ĠH . ĠCrane Ġ, ĠIre ne ĠCrane Ġ, ĠMarie ĠE line Ġ, ĠViolet ĠHem ing Ġ, ĠMartin ĠJ . ĠFaust Ġ, ĠThomas ĠFortune Ġ, ĠGeorge ĠMiddle ton Ġ, ĠGrace ĠMoore Ġ, ĠJohn ĠW . ĠNoble Ġ, ĠAnna ĠRose mond Ġ, ĠMrs . ĠGeorge ĠWalters Ġ. ĠA Ġsurviving Ġfilm Ġstill Ġgives Ġthe Ġpossibility Ġof Ġidentifying Ġeight Ġactors Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRelease Ġand Ġreception Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsingle Ġreel Ġcomedy Ġ, Ġapproximately Ġ1 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġfeet Ġlong Ġ, Ġwas Ġreleased Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ27 Ġ, Ġ1910 Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġlikely Ġhad Ġa Ġwide Ġnational Ġrelease Ġ, Ġwith Ġadvertisements Ġin Ġtheaters Ġknown Ġin ĠIndiana Ġ, ĠKansas Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġ, Ġand ĠPennsylvania Ġ. ĠThe Ġfilm Ġwould Ġalso Ġbe Ġshown Ġin ĠVancouver Ġ, ĠCanada Ġand Ġwas Ġmet Ġwith Ġpraise Ġby Ġthe Ġaudience Ġat Ġthe ĠProvince