The Haunted Pajamas


50m 1917

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
Release Date
Jun 11, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Yorke Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott (Indianapolis, 1911).

Technical Specs

Duration
50m
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

When Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas from a friend in China, he is unaware that they are bewitched and that whoever wears them will be transformed into someone else. Richard puts them on and is transformed into a fierce Chinese warrior, causing his butler Jenkins to quit drinking. The next night, Richard's close friend Jack Billings sends his brother Francis to spend the night, and upon donning the pajamas, Francis becomes Jack's sweetheart, Frances Kirkland, giving Richard a series of shocks. Next, Jack becomes a victim of the pajamas, is locked up as a burglar, and his own father gives him a black eye for "impersonating his son." Complications pile up until Colonel Kirkland, the friend who sent the pajamas, arrives from China and clears up the mystery.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
Release Date
Jun 11, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Yorke Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott (Indianapolis, 1911).

Technical Specs

Duration
50m
Film Length
5 reels

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