Volume II: Filmography

LOBSTER SALAD AND MILK

(Princess)

October 24, 1913 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Director: Carl Louis Gregory

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cameraman: Carl Louis Gregory

Cast: Muriel Ostriche (older sister), Marie Eline (the younger sister who has a nocturnal snack)

Note: This was the second Princess film, and the first one to feature Thanhouser players.

SYNOPSIS, The Moving Picture World, October 25, 1913:

"The little girl made free with her elder sister's rouge, perfume and peroxide, and was punished by being sent to bed without any supper. This had little effect on the child. As soon as the house was quiet she wandered down to the icebox and had an excellent snack, consisting of lobster salad and milk. Then she returned to bed and prepared to sleep the sleep of the just. Somehow she had a frightful dream. She could never explain it afterward. The family doctor, when he heard about the lobster salad and milk, shook his head wisely and said that science could solve all things. She woke up finally, and was mighty glad to do so, and readily promised in the future she would keep away from her sister's bureau and the family icebox, so that in the future she might not have such thrilling experiences."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, October 18, 1913:

"Can you see it? Doesn't the title, Lobster Salad and Milk, convey a vivid impression of just about what such a story would be? It's a dream of course. Might be a grown-up's dream, too, because grown-ups put worse combinations than that in middle-aged tummies which aren't built to stand the traffic. But in this case, it happens to be the elastic indestructible tummy of a little girl. Your little girl - our little girl - we reckon they all do it, at times. She had made free with her elder sister's rouge, perfume and peroxide, and was sent to bed without her supper, being warned that the bogey-man would get her if she persisted in her mad career of crime. Naturally, the only thing which got prompt action in the way of an impression was the cutting off of her food supply. As soon as the house was quiet, she wandered down to the ice-box and helped herself to what she found. When she got back in bed and went to sleep, there were results. It seemed to her that all the furniture left the room - her toy horse suddenly turned into a most ferocious monster who insisted upon her going off with him upon the most wonderful ride one could possibly imagine. All sorts of things happened - all the monsters of fable and legend participating. And when she finally woke up - well - we've all sworn off, haven't we under that sort of pressure? She promised to be very, very good, thereafter. And when you see on the screens what she saw in that dream, you'll promise to be very, very good, yourself, and bring all the kiddies to see it next evening."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, November 8, 1913:

"A good little story of a bad little girl, who got into sister's rouge and other toilet articles. She even went so far as to 'fix up' the dogs. Later she indulges in salad and milk, which leads up to a most alarming nightmare. Good entertainment of the kind and nicely pictured."

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