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Andy Goes on the Stage (1914)
Short | 11 min | Comedy, Short

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Andy Goes on the Stage (1914)

Short | 11 min | Comedy, Short

When Andy, in his capacity of messenger boy, was given a message to deliver at the theater, he did not realize the tremendous change the apparently trivial incident was destined to make in his eventful career. The theater in question was ...See moreWhen Andy, in his capacity of messenger boy, was given a message to deliver at the theater, he did not realize the tremendous change the apparently trivial incident was destined to make in his eventful career. The theater in question was graced at the moment with the appearance of a child wonder acting in a beautifully sentimental melodrama. At the exact moment when Andy arrived, the mother of the child wonder had just electrified the stage manager by a flat announcement that her darling should act no longer with his company. To the threats and tears of the manager she returned a fixed and unalterable air of determination. Andy entered when affairs had reached a final deadlock; His chivalrous soul was stirred. He'd act for 'em. Sure he could act. The desperate stage manager seized on Andy as a drowning man clutches a stray. Without a boy to fill the part, the play could not go on and if the play stopped, but that was too dire a prospect for the poor manager even to imagine. So Andy was decked in a gorgeous suit of velvet and to his disgust, a wig of golden curls. Then he was hurriedly rehearsed and the curtain rose. Now, whatever may be said of Andy's school of acting, it must at least be admitted that it was not lacking in vigor. His idea of a gentle, filial kiss, for instance, was hardly in accordance with the usual convention in sentimental drama. However, the play progressed with fair success until the climax of the third act. Here, Andy's somewhat florid interpretation of a poignantly beautiful death scene was rudely interrupted by the arrival of a somewhat spoiled tomato. The tomato was thrown by a friend of Andy's named Jimmie Brown, who had entered the gallery that afternoon with the virtuous intention of showing Andy's cherubic predecessor the exact measure of his (Jimmie's), contempt. When this bit Andy that young man sprang to his feet and, amid the loud cheers of applause from the excited audience, raced up to the gallery and "licked" his traitorous friend. The audience went wild with delight and the astonished manager discovered that his substitute had made an unexpected hit. So Andy came home and told his delighted family that henceforward the dull commercial life should know him no more. He was an actor. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Andy Clark Andy Andy See fewer	Hit the Deck (1929)
Yale Boss Jimmie Brown Jimmie Brown See fewer	The Ransom of Red Chief (1911)
Janet Dawley Andy's Sister Andy's Sister See fewer	The Last Sentence (1917)
Harold Holland Leading Man Leading Man See fewer	The Call of the Klondike (1926)
Bliss Milford Leading Lady Leading Lady See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
Edward O'Connor Stage Manager Stage Manager See fewer	The Gilded Kidd (1914)
Jessie Stevens Andy's Mother Andy's Mother See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Ida Ward Mrs. O'Brien Mrs. O'Brien See fewer	Golden Dreams (1922)