Above the Limit
Above the Limit United States copyright 1902 as Chimmie Hicks at the Races is a short film made in November 1900 by F.S. Armitage, and marks the film debut of vaudevillian actor Charley Grapewin,years before his more memorable role as Dorothys Uncle Henry in MGMsThe Wizard of Oz. Created by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company along with its sister film, Grapewins Chimmie Hicks and the Rum Omelet, it was shot in September and October 1900 and released in November of that year for viewing in Mutoscope Moving Picture Machines a format with greater viewing quality than the Edison Kinetoscope as a tale sharing the pitfalls of gambling.
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