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  • The Election Bet (1912)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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The Election Bet (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short
The oldest members, Messrs. Hopkins, Perkins and Simpson have the floor at the Club. Their warm arguments in favor of the Bull Moose candidate outvie the Wilson parade which is passing. They ridicule the idea of anyone but the hero of San ...See moreThe oldest members, Messrs. Hopkins, Perkins and Simpson have the floor at the Club. Their warm arguments in favor of the Bull Moose candidate outvie the Wilson parade which is passing. They ridicule the idea of anyone but the hero of San Juan Hill winning the election. Mr. Hart who is an ardent Wilson supporter becomes annoyed at their conversation and the following bet is arranged. Hart is to give each one thousand dollars if Roosevelt is elected and if Wilson is the fortunate candidate they are to dress as small children about the age of eight and play a succession of juvenile games in the open. This is rejected as a ridiculous proposition, for the three old men are bald beaded and long bearded and being men of great means they feel that such an exhibition would be a blow to their dignity. However, the arguments of the other club members and the certainty of Roosevelt's election, induce them to consent to the bet. Wilson is elected and the conditions of the wager are insisted upon, and one old gentleman is dressed as a little girl with a doll carriage, another is a Buster Brown and the third a venerable gentleman with a beard descending to his waist, is dressed as a Little Lord Fauntleroy with a toy drum. The school children descend upon them and they are arrested as madmen, but are rescued by the club members and borne to the club. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Carl Laemmle
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Updated Dec 7, 1912
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Dec 7, 1912 (United States)

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