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  • Elevating Father (1916)
  • Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy
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Elevating Father (1916)
Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Ray, a young man who owes a lot of money, loves Louise. He has never met her father, who is a stout gentleman and rather flirtatiously inclined. Ray is warned that a bill collector disguised as a woman, will serve him with a summons; he ...See moreRay, a young man who owes a lot of money, loves Louise. He has never met her father, who is a stout gentleman and rather flirtatiously inclined. Ray is warned that a bill collector disguised as a woman, will serve him with a summons; he gets a mallet and waits. Louise's father disguises himself as a woman in order to follow a pretty girl who lives in the same hotel. By mistake he knocks on Ray's door, and as Ray thinks he is the disguised bill collector, he gives the old man a severe thrashing and kicks him out. Father must go to bed in a much-battered condition. Louise brings Ray to visit her "sick" father and when the old man recognizes his daughter's sweetheart as his ruffianly assailant, he chases him all over the hotel with a revolver. Ray darts into the elevator as the old man throws a lasso at him, and as the door slams, the rope which is tied to the furious father catches, and the old man is carried up several stories. In his excitement, Ray loses control of the brake and the elevator shoots through the roof and up into the air with the old man dangling from the cage. When it lands upon the roof, the furious old man takes vengeance upon the unfortunate suitor. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Henry Lehrman
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Updated Feb 16, 1916
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Feb 16, 1916 (United States)

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Raymond Griffith
Ray (as Ray Griffith) Ray (as Ray Griffith)   See fewer
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Louise Orth
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Dan Russell
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