Pansy (1912)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short
Release: 1912-06-25
Director: Fred Huntley
Writers: K.D. Langley , Ralph Rose Sr.
Language: None | English
Stars: Frank Richardson , Lillian Hayward , Frank Clark , George Hernandez , Fred Littlefield , Lee Morris , Nick Cogley , Roy Watson , Charles E. ‘Bunny’ Feehan , Pete the Bear
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Pansy , Pansy (United States of America) , Pansy: The Story of a Bear (United States of America)
Plot: To attract custom to his mountain resort, old man Heber buys a tame bear, Pansy, whose tracks in the woods enable him to advertise "Bear Hunting at Heber's." Among the resultant guests is Simon B. Hanamaker, a politician, who is worried over the coming election. He surprises Helen, Heber's daughter, petting the bear. He plans a hoax that he thinks will elect him, buys the bear, puts it in a cave and hires a moving picture man to photograph him in the act of killing the "savage" animal. Helen plans to save Pansy, and gets some mountaineers to place a wild bear in the cave. As Hanamaker appears to do battle, the bear rushes out and stampedes the whole outfit. The camera man stays long enough to get a good picture of Hanamaker in full flight, and, disgusted with him, he refuses his money and sells the film to the opposition. They use it at a Hanamaker meeting and the outcome is most ludicrous.
IMDB:tt1149242