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  • Breaking Into Society (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Breaking Into Society (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Timothy and Jeff are back once more in the hall bedroom and are as usual, broke. The landlady has an admirer, Ike, a dealer in clothes, whose shop is just beneath her rooming house. After delivering the ultimatum that Timothy and Jeff must...See moreTimothy and Jeff are back once more in the hall bedroom and are as usual, broke. The landlady has an admirer, Ike, a dealer in clothes, whose shop is just beneath her rooming house. After delivering the ultimatum that Timothy and Jeff must leave within fifteen minutes or pay the rent, she goes downstairs to see Ike and finally talks him into taking her to the big movie ball which is to be given in honor of the great film star. Timothy gets an idea. With the aid of the bed sheet torn into strips and added end to end, he hauls up two of the dressed dummies which Ike is displaying, removes the clothes and when the landlady returns gives her these for the rent. But, meanwhile, Ike has discovered his loss, called in the aid of the police, and when the landlady tries to sell him the clothes he recognizes them as his own. Timothy and Jeff escape via the fire escape. They obtain positions as waiter and dishwasher but Timothy breaks so many dishes that the proprietor imposes a fine amounting to three weeks' salary, then Timothy thinks it is time for his departure and so leaves unceremoniously. He then decides to work his nerve; he calls at the best hotel, puts up a story of an auto accident and is given the best room in the house. In one of the drawers he discovers some makeup with a book of instructions and proceeds to get busy. When the negro porter arrives, he thinks that Carter has the smallpox which so alarms the proprietor that he shoves a roll of money under his door asking him to leave immediately. Although much surprised Timothy pockets the money, proceeds to get "dolled" and attends the movie ball as the guest of honor, having learned that worthy has been detained. He makes a speech and is quite in his element, when he notices Ike, the landlady, and the restaurant proprietor, and they have noticed him also. Again, Timothy feels the need of a hasty departure and as per usual ends up at a moving picture studio where he presents himself as the star in whose honor the ball was given. And he is getting away with it, too, until the irate star queers the whole thing for him by appearing himself. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Wallace Beery
Writers
Robert Dillon (scenario) (as Robert A. Dillon) | Bess Meredyth (scenario)
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Updated Oct 15, 1916
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Oct 15, 1916 (United States)

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3 cast members
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Carter DeHaven
Timothy Dobbs Timothy Dobbs   See fewer
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Jeff Jenkins Jeff Jenkins   See fewer
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