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Pimple's Uncle (1915)
 

British Film Institute

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35mm, 926 ft, black & white, silent
 
DirectorFred Evans
 Joe Evans
Production CompanyPiccadilly

Cast: Fred Evans (Pimple)

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Pimple's greedy cousin plots to have him cut out of his uncle's will.

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This later Pimple comedy has a stranger narrative than the earlier films, which are either chase films or parodies. Pimple's Uncle is more like situation comedy with a specific story and interaction between characters that are more than just comedic types. Other comedians were making a similar kind of comedy in the late 1910s, for example Lupino Lane, who was working nearby in Kew Bridge on his Kinekature Komedies, which were similar in style.

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SEE ALSO
Evans, Fred (1889-1951)
Evans, Joe (1891-1967)
The 'Pimple' Films