User: M-le-mot-dit
File: A Trap for Santa Claus (1909) .webm
Author: David Llewelyn Wark Griffith
Publisher: Biograph Company
Year: 1909
PD: PD/US|1948
Note: A 1909 American silent drama film; featuring Mack Sennett as the Bartender..
Cat: Christmas film, Drama film
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00:01
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{{Center|{{Larger block|A TRAP<br />FOR SANTA}}
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{{X-smaller|COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY}}<br />
BIOGRAPH COMPANY<br />
{{X-smaller|NEW YORK}}}}
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00:07
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{{Center|''NO WORK FOR THE FATHER, MISERY AND WANT THE FAMILY'S LOT''}}
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01:03
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{{Center|''CRUSHED IN SPIRIT, THE MAN SEEKS SOLACE IN DRINK''}}
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02:49
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{{Center|''HELPLESS, THE FATHER LEAVES THE HOUSE OF SORROW''}}
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03:51
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{{Italic block|{{Cursive block|Dear Helen<br />{{Gap}}you will be better off<br />without me. I leave for<br />good. May God help you.
{{Right|{{Underline|Arthur}}|2em}}}}}}
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05:45
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{{Center|{{sc|Employment Agency}}}}
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06:40
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{{Center|''THE AUNT'S ESTATE LONG IN LIGITATION, HAD BEEN SETTLED, LEAVING THE MOTHER A MODERATE FORTUNE''}}
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08:07
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{{Center|''THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS''
{{Rule|4em}}
''THERE IS NO CHIMNEY SO SANTA CLAUS WILL COME THROUGH THE WINDOW''}}
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10:17
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{{Center|''THE CHILDREN SET A TRAP FOR SANTA''}}
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11:45
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{{Center|''GRIM MISFORTUNE FORCES THE FATHER TO DESPERATE DEEDS''}}
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