There's Hair! (1915)

BAMFORTH FILMS
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Synopsis

A girl thwarts her governess who tries to wed her widowed father.

Reviews

The Bioscope (15/Apr/1915):

There’s Hair! — Although the story of this comedy is quite satisfactory from the point of enabling rough, boisterous humour, there still recurs the feeling that clever Baby Langley, who is featured in the release, might have been furnished with a much superior medium for the display of her talents. She is, in addition, apparently encouraged to play to the camera just a little too often, and certainly could have been made up in a less theatrical manner. Just a conventional story, but greatly redeemed from mediocrity by the attraction of the child artiste referred to, and her genius for impish behaviour. (May 27th. 615 ft.)

The Bioscope (15/Apr/1915):

From their London agents we learn that the Bamforth Film Company are busily engaged upon a new series of comedies, which are intended to specially feature Miss Lily Ward, the clever acrobatic comedienne who has already appeared in several very notable releases. That weirdly humorous actor, Mr. Alf. Scottie, is also to have further scope for his peculiar talents, which, we would add, include the ability to use his feet and toes quite as well as his hands. The Yorkshire Cine Company, Limited, agents for all Bamforth comedies, report an excellent reception for the Baby Langley release, "There's Hair!" shown last week in their Gerrard Street showrooms. "First-run" and other viewers are reminded that all programmes released by Yorkshire Cine Company can be screened to suit their convenience.

Kinematograph Weekly (22/Apr/1915):

There’s Hair (C). — Baby Langley badgers her father, until at last her poor pa advertises for a governess. The lady who secures the post is attractive, and it is soon apparent that she has designs on her master’s heart, and money. However, her scandalous courting of old Golding is brought to nothing by the child snatching off the wig just as pa is in the act of propping, and so pa and little Hilda live happy ever after. Released May 27th, length 625 ft.

The Bioscope (13/May/1915):

BABY LANGLEY SCORES REMARKABLE SUCCESS.Baby Langley, the juvenile genius, introduced to the film world by Messrs. Bamforth, through the enterprising agents the Yorkshire Cine Co., has scored a remarkable success at the Palladium, London, where owing to her popularity she is re-engaged for a further week. The Langley sisters, of whom Baby is the particular bright and shining star, are said to have received the congratulations of Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra, and it is little doubted that they will soon be among the most brilliant of shining stars in the music-hall firmament. By the way, the Yorkshire Cine Co. inform us that the forthcoming Baby Langley releases, "There's Hair," released May 27, "Hilda Routs the Enemy," released June 17, and "Mama's Dear," released June 21, are all going very well indeed.

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Notes and References

  1. Sourced from The Bioscope.
  2. The BFI Database also contains a second entry for this film: https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b78fbdc59