# The messenger boy's mistake (1903)

American short silent film. From Edison's catalog : "Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and send her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger boy requesting her to "wear this" if she does. The boy delivers the note and a package which the young lady opens and finds an old pair of trousers and other masculine wearing apparel. She becomes enraged. When "Cholly" comes she proceeds to give him instructions as to what to do in the future, etc., but before she finishes, the boy, having discovered his mistake, returns with the right box. "Cholly" hastily closes up the wrong one, hands it to the boy and kicks him out of the door. He then opens the right box and presents the bouquet himself. She wears the flowers, and things are now all right. 95 ft. $11.40."

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1903
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Unknown authorUnknown author
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_messenger_boy%27s_mistake_(1903).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Unknown authorUnknown author
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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