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Laura Bayley, the most prolific British actress of the period and the wife of director G.A. Smith, shows her flare for clowning in this uproarious black comedy. Mary Jane learns that lighting your hearth with a tank full of paraffin may not be the safest of household chores, in a stern tale that could have come from the pages of 'Struwwelpeter'.
As in much of Smith's work, the film delights in its trick effects, including an explosion and the apparition of a ghost. (Alex Davidson)
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As in much of Smith's work, the film delights in its trick effects, including an explosion and the apparition of a ghost. (Alex Davidson)
You can also see Laura Bayley in 'The Old Maid's Valentine' (1900) - [Link removed - login to see]
For more information about filmmaker G. A. Smith see [Link removed - login to see]
You can watch 1000 complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge at the new BFI Mediatheque - [Link removed - login to see]