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The Yarn of the Nancy Belle (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short

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The Yarn of the Nancy Belle (1912)

Short | Comedy, Short

The story begins by the finding of an elderly naval man by a traveler, and the former's recital of the verse, "Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite. And the crew of the ...See moreThe story begins by the finding of an elderly naval man by a traveler, and the former's recital of the verse, "Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite. And the crew of the captain's gig." Upon the inquiry as to how he can be all three different people, his recital proceeds with the comic wreck of the good ship "Nancy Bell," after which the survivors jump overboard into the painted waves and make for the shore. The next situation indicates that, "For a month we'd neither wittles nor drink, Still a-hungry we did feel. So we drawed a lot, and, accordin' shot The captain for our meal." A large paper cannon dispatches the captain. And the succeeding scenes show the disappearance into the pot of the mate, the midshipmite, the bo'sun tight and the crew of the captain's gig. The effect of these scenes is ludicrous in the extreme and we are all prepared to laugh at the consternation shown in the face of the lone mariner when, after having made way with all his fellow seamen, a small ship appears on the horizon, fires a gun and supposedly rescues him from having to eat himself. As he finishes his tale of war we fade back to the original scene where the apparitions of his former shipmates appear and we can well believe with him that, "I never larf, and I never smile, And 1 never lark nor play. But sit and croak, with a single joke." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Marc McDermott The Last Survivor The Last Survivor See fewer	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
William Wadsworth The Captain The Captain See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
William Bechtel The Cook The Cook See fewer	The Three Musketeers: Part 1 (1911)
Charles Ogle The First Mate The First Mate See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Edward O'Connor The Bo'sun (as Edwin O'Connor) The Bo'sun (as Edwin O'Connor) See fewer	The Gilded Kidd (1914)
Yale Boss The Midshipmate The Midshipmate See fewer	The Ransom of Red Chief (1911)
Barry O'Moore Crewman of the Captain's Gig Crewman of the Captain's Gig See fewer	Frederick the Great (1914)
William West Crewman of the Captain's Gig Crewman of the Captain's Gig See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Weary Willie (1911)
John Sturgeon Crewman of the Captain's Gig Crewman of the Captain's Gig See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
George Dowling Crewman of the Captain's Gig Crewman of the Captain's Gig See fewer	A Fool and His Money (1920)
Edward Boulden The Tourist The Tourist See fewer	Mary Stuart (1913)