Released December 25, 1916, Their Week End 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.
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 #9826 for Their Week End on December 27, 1916. The copyright entry describes the film this way: “Their Week-end (December 25, 1916) Their week end written and worked out by James O Walsh Rex Taylor and Joseph A Richmond Clippings from reel 32556 title description and 185 prints reed Dec 27 1916 E 9826 United States motion picture Corp Wllkes Barre Pa.” The microfilmed image of this copyright filing was not available when Noreen O’Connor conducted research at the Library of Congress in 2012.
A synopsis of the film is available in the December 30, 1916, issue of Motion Picture News on page 4258. The text is here transcribed by Noreen O’Connor:
“Their Week End.” (Black Diamond. One reel Comedy.) Synopsis.—This picture tells of a wrecked auto, an injured duke, who is rushed to a hospital, and a couple of tramps, who coming across the wreck, search it for spoils and find the duke’s clothing, which they immediately take possession of. They also find an invitation to the Climbers’ for a week end, whither he was bound when his auto turned turtle. This, also, they appropriated and went to the Climbers, where their antics are weird and conduct extraordinary. Released December 25 by Paramount.
