Their Counterfeit Vacation
Released November 27, 1916, Their Counterfeit Vacation is a one-reel Black Diamond Comedy filmed and produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation (USMPC) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
An advertisement for the film appeared in the December 2, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World.
As of the writing of this article (November 30, 2017), no prints of this film are known to survive. If you have any information about the film, please contact us.
The Library of Congress documents that the USMPC applied for and received copyright #L9591 for Their Counterfeit Vacation on November 24, 1916. The copyright entry describes the film this way: “Their counterfeit vacation in 1 pt written and worked out by James Walsh Bex Taylor and Joseph A Richmond Clippings from reel 27954 title description and 124 prints reed Nov
A synopsis of the film is available in the December 2, 1916, issue of Motography on page 1262. The text is here transcribed by Noreen O’Connor:
Their Counterfeit Vacation—Black Diamond—November 27.—This comedy has to do with the Swede, a street sweeper, and the Tad, who collects the refuse in his dump cart. They come into possession of a large amount of counterfeit money which they believe genuine. A thug sees the money and tries to steal it from them. They have a number of exciting adventures after they begin to spend the money. A detective on the trail of the counterfeit money captures them by disguising as a girl. When they learn that they have been tricked they commit suicide.