My Lady’s Slipper
Released September 29, 1918, My Lady’s Slipper is a one-reel Rainbow Comedy filmed and produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation (USMPC) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The film was distributed by General Film Company.
As of the writing of this article (December 3, 2017), no prints of this film are known to survive. If you have any information about the film, please contact us.
An advertisement for Rainbow Comedies appeared in the October 5, 1918, issue of The Moving Picture World on page 33. The text of the advertisement reads: “RAINBOW COMEDIES with Lillian Vera and Eddie Boulden. The Sparkling One-Reel Lighter Subjects Which Every Program Must Have to Be An Ideal Entertainment Unit. A New RElease of RAINBOW COMEDIES Every Other Week. Be Sure and Get Them as Fast as They Come. Produced by
An article that announced the release of My Lady’s Slipper, the second Rainbow Comedy, and also provides a brief synopsis of the film’s plot, appeared in the October 22, 1918, issue of Motion Picture News:
“New Rainbow Comedies in Many Lively Topics
Rainbow Comedies, the new single-reel comedy brand for General Film release, has started off at a fast gait, the subjects being of an especially spirited nature.
“My Lady’s Slipper,” the current Rainbow Comedy, deals with a widow and a widower, neighbors, one owning a cat and the other a dog, and when the animals quarrel, the owners follow suit.
Joseph Richmond directed this picture for the United States Motion Picture Corporation, Lillian