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  • Desperate Desmond Foiled by Claude Eclaire (1911)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Desperate Desmond Foiled by Claude Eclaire (1911)
Short | Comedy, Short
Rosamond and Claude are having a delightful time on the lake. Desperate Desmond spies them. Aided by Gomgotz and other wild men, he boards a "moving" islet and quickly succeeds in separating the lovers. While he takes Rosamond in one ...See moreRosamond and Claude are having a delightful time on the lake. Desperate Desmond spies them. Aided by Gomgotz and other wild men, he boards a "moving" islet and quickly succeeds in separating the lovers. While he takes Rosamond in one direction, the man-eaters drag Claude toward a large boiling pot, which is cheated of its intended victim by the miraculous appearance of some bird-hunters. The villain and the hapless heroine reach the ship in safety. Bound and gagged, Rosamond is hidden in one of the lifeboats, and Desmond proceeds to do the stowaway stunt by concealing himself in the interior of a barrel. With the aid of a powerful field glass, Claude sees the situation and rushes to the wireless station. Marconigrams flash back and forth between ship and station. Then captain and crew search for Desmond, who's hiding place is finally discovered through cigarette smoke issuing from the barrel's bung-hole. Claude and hunters join the sailors and force the villain to uncover the whereabouts of Rosamond. Reunited, the lovers are happy again. This time Desperate Desmond shall not be permitted to escape, and accordingly he is locked in a large safe and thrown overboard. The safe lands upon an immense turtle. The turtle ascends to the surface and slow but sure, makes for the penitentiary. Here, a safe-breaker, now breaking stones, opens the safe and the wicked Desmond is himself again. The villain again demonstrates that there is some good in the worst of us, by letting the safe-breaker break jail and depart with him on the turtle's back. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Tom Ricketts
Writer
Harry Hershfield (comic strip)
Producer
David Horsley
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Updated Dec 23, 1911
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Dec 23, 1911 (United States)

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William Ehfe's primary photo
William Ehfe
Claude Eclaire (as William C. Ehfe) Claude Eclaire (as William C. Ehfe)   See fewer
Repaid (1914)
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Eugenie Forde
Rosamond Rosamond   See fewer
Cameo Kirby (1923)
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