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  • The Foolishness of Oliver (1912)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
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The Foolishness of Oliver (1912)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Oliver Benton, a gay young man of religious parents, who try to get him to marry the daughter of a minister friend, is unceremoniously ejected from his father's home for indulgence in prodigality. He comes into the society of De Lacy, an ...See moreOliver Benton, a gay young man of religious parents, who try to get him to marry the daughter of a minister friend, is unceremoniously ejected from his father's home for indulgence in prodigality. He comes into the society of De Lacy, an artist, and Reggie Smythe, a spendthrift. The three men visit a theater at which Sybil Caldwell is playing. Oliver falls in love with her. At a party given in De Lacy's studio, he (De Lacy), tries to get Sybil to drink a glass of wine, which she strenuously refuses to do. Oliver interposes on behalf of Sybil and after a quarrel with De Lacy, he escorts Sybil home. Oliver eventually marries Sybil and, owing to unfortunate circumstances, they are obliged to start married life in a poor tenement house. A month later they find themselves on a bread and water diet and are reminded by the landlady that they are two weeks behind in their rent. Oliver cannot obtain employment, but the landlady, a kind-hearted person, whose husband is a waiter in a fashionable hotel, secures a job as waiter in the same hotel for Oliver. It is at this place that Oliver's former friends, De Lacy and Reggie, come, and Oliver is assigned to wait upon them. They tease Oliver over his inferiority and when Oliver returns to the kitchen, old Mr. Benton, who has witnessed the insults heaped upon his son by the two young men, reprimands them for their conduct. When Oliver returns, his father tries to get him to come home, but he refuses. Mr. Benton, seeing that there is no use arguing with him, gets his address from the manager, where he repairs at once. After his father leaves, Oliver gets into an argument with De Lacy. For this he is discharged. He goes home, where he finds that his father is trying to make Sybil take a sum of money in order that she may leave him. Oliver intercepts and orders his father from the house. Outside the old man repents and returning, begs Sybil's pardon and asks Oliver to return home with his wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Dec 6, 1912 (United States)

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Owen Moore
Oliver Benton Oliver Benton   See fewer
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Fritzi Brunette
Sybil Caldwell - Oliver's Bride - an Actress Sybil Caldwell - Oliver's Bride - an Actress   See fewer
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