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Alkali Ike's Close Shave (1912)

Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson

Western

"Alkali" Ike, with a luxuriant growth of beard that he has carefully fostered, determines to see the city for the first time. He arrives, and not being a good dodger, is knocked insensible by the first automobile he encounters. His disfigured face is shaven by a doctor, who adorns it with several large strips of plaster, gives him some new clothes and turns him loose. Arriving back in his home town he meets his wife's sister, attempts to embrace her and she, not recognizing his shaven face, summons the aid of a group of punchers who immediately put Alkali through a course of rough treatment, including a ducking in the watering trough, and finally land him in the town jail.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Gilbert M. Anderson
Writer
Gilbert M. Anderson
Producer
Gilbert M. Anderson

Details

Release date
1912-11-16
Genres
Western
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company