''A Cave Man Wooing'' is a 1912 American silent comedy short film starring

King Baggot William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggo ...

and directed by

Otis Turner Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1918, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angel ...

. It was produced by

Independent Moving Pictures The Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) was a motion picture studio and production company founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The company was based in New York City, with production facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1912, IMP merged ...

(IMP). As of 2012, a print of this film survives, with Dutch intertitles, in the holdings of the

EYE Film Institute Netherlands Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in ...

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Plot

George a timid man who falls for the beautiful and athletic Clarice. After taking a course in physical culture, George manages to overcome his rivals for Clarice's attention.

Cast

as George - the 'Sissy Hero' Violet Horner as Clarice - George's Sweetheart

William Robert Daly William Robert Daly (born William Robert Dailey; October 24, 1872 – 1935) was an actor and director of silent films. Early life Daly was born on October 24, 1872, in Boston, Massachusetts, as William Robert Dailey. Career He became a "stage ...

as Prof. S. Trong (billed as William R. Daly) William E. Shay as Sam

Jane Fearnley Jane Fearnley (née Sadie J. Fearnley; –1952), was an American stage and film actress who appeared in silent films. Her name was sometimes spelled Jane Fernley. Early life and education Fearnley was born Sadie J. around 1885 in Fall River, M ...

as The Annoyed Neighbor

References

External links

* 1912 films Silent American comedy short films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films 1912 short films Films directed by Otis Turner 1912 comedy films English-language comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub