''When Bess Got in Wrong'' is a 1914 Canadian

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

short silent

black and white film Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, a ...

directed by

Al Christie Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs. Early life Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, ...

and starring

Lee Moran Lee Moran (June 23, 1888 – April 24, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Moran was active in vaudeville before he began performing in films at Nestor Studios in 1909. He transcended the silent film era of motio ...

, and Stella Adams. It is written by

Bess Meredyth Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan, February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife of film director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote '' The Affairs of Cellini'' (1934) and adapted '' The Unsus ...

. ''When Bess Got in Wrong'' October to December 1914 newspaper listings
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Cast

as Bess *

as Lee * Stella Adams as Stella

References

External links

* Canadian comedy short films 1914 comedy films 1914 films 1914 short films Canadian silent short films Canadian black-and-white films Films directed by Al Christie Films with screenplays by Bess Meredyth Universal Pictures short films 1910s Canadian films Silent comedy films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub