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Bunny Dips Into Society
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Wikipedia article
'Bunny Dips Into Society', also known as 'Bunny and the Bunny Hug', is a short American silent comedy film.
Plot summary
A poor but gregarious Irish nightwatchman is falsely introduced as a count at a society ball. He proved to be very popular, especially with the ladies. In one sequence, Bunny performs a (at the time) new and popular dance, the Bunny Hug.
Release
'Bunny Dips Into Society' was released on May 17, 1913, in the United States, where it was presented as a split-reel with another Vitagraph comedy, 'Three to One'. It was released in London on August 25, 1913,To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette, Volumes 3-4, July 9, 1913, p. 115-116, retrieved October 1, 2015 and was still circulating on the British mainland in late February, 1914.[http://cymru1914.org/cy/view/newspaper/4010939/1 Barmouth & County Advertiser and District Weekly News]. 28 February 1914. p 2. Retrieved 5 October 2015 It accompanied Selig's production 'Wamba, a Child of the Jungle' when that film screened in New Zealand.[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PBH19131117.2.88 Opera House Pictures]. 'Poverty Bay Herald' Volume XL, Issue 13234. 17 November 1913. p 7. Accessed 5 October 2015
The film has survived and was presented, with live musical accompaniment by Ben Model at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/10470 MoMA: Class War: How the Other Half Lives] Retrieved 10 October 2015
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