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  • Treasures on the Wing (1912)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Treasures on the Wing (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short
Dr. Brown is called out of town on an emergency case. Mrs. Brown loves her husband, is very attentive to him, and sees to the doctor's wants most diligently. When the doctor is about to leave, Mrs. Brown notices the large awkward health ...See moreDr. Brown is called out of town on an emergency case. Mrs. Brown loves her husband, is very attentive to him, and sees to the doctor's wants most diligently. When the doctor is about to leave, Mrs. Brown notices the large awkward health shoes which her husband wears and immediately protests that if he went out of town in those shoes he would be a laughingstock. She induces him to take them off and wear his "city shoes." Before the usual leave-taking the doctor gives his wife a roll of bills with the request that she deposit it in the bank for him. The doctor gone, the wife places the money in a purse and locks it in a bureau drawer for temporary safe-keeping. Her little daughters knows all this, and as she looks at the calendar and sees that it is April 1, she waits until her mother puts her to bed, then when all is quiet, she stealthily walks downstairs, removes the money from the drawer, and places it flat under the inner sole of her father's big shoes. She substitutes for the money in the purse the note: "April Fool. Go to school. Tell your mother you're a fool." Then she steals up to bed. In the dead of night a burglar enters the house and steals the purse, among other things. When he arrives in his den he discovers the note and is much amused at the joke on him. The next morning Mrs. Brown sees her husband's shoes and decides to get rid of them forever, so she gives them to a passing tramp who finds that they are too good for him and pawns them. Meanwhile, Dr. Brown comes home, and when he asks about the money the robbery is discovered; during the rumpus the child goes for the shoes and discovers that they're gone. She tells her story and Dr. Brown makes a wild dash to recover the shoes and the money. His adventures are ludicrous. The shoes turn up unexpectedly from the pawnbroker's via the butler, and the poor fellow is innocently involved in a complicated case out of which he finds it difficult to extricate himself. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Alice Guy
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Alice Guy
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Updated Sep 11, 1912
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Sep 11, 1912 (United States)

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3 cast members
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Billy Quirk
Dr. Brown Dr. Brown   See fewer
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Blanche Cornwall
Mrs. Brown Mrs. Brown   See fewer
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Magda Foy
The Browns' Little Daughter (as The Solax Kid) The Browns' Little Daughter (as The Solax Kid)   See fewer
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