Betty's First Sponge Cake - Cast

Betty's First Sponge Cake (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short

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Betty's First Sponge Cake (1915)

Short | Comedy, Short

Bob, a farmer boy, has a voracious appetite. He marries Betty, a girl from the city. Betty's spirit is willing but her understanding is weak when it comes to housework and cooking. As a consequence, the stomachs of Bob and his hired man ...See moreBob, a farmer boy, has a voracious appetite. He marries Betty, a girl from the city. Betty's spirit is willing but her understanding is weak when it comes to housework and cooking. As a consequence, the stomachs of Bob and his hired man suffer greatly. Bob and the hired man finally are driven to eating raw turnips, which Betty discovers. Promptly she decides that she must take cooking lessons. Aunt Samanthy laughs, but lets the young bride have her way. Bob and the hired man do their own cooking for a while. They begin to take on some of the weight they have lost, but Bob grows lonesome. He decides that Betty must come home. At cooking school, Betty has learned that nut cake is one with nuts in it, so when the minister comes for lunch and professes a liking for sponge cake, it is a logical deduction: a sponge cake is a cake with sponges in it. Betty hurries to the store and buys enough sponges for a good big cake. The cake is baked and the parson eats a piece. Then another, and another, as Betty and Bob hospitably urge him on. He drinks a glass of water. Woe is his. The sponges in his inner man rapidly begin to swell until the poor parson has taken on the appearance of a toy balloon. A doctor rushes to the scene. The application of a stomach pump brings the parson back to normal size, but not until some pious souls of his congregation have seen Betty and Bob administering whiskey to their pastor. The righteous ones are shocked. Then explanations follow and Betty, chagrined but wiser, seeks the shelter of her husband's arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Webster Campbell Bob Bob See fewer	The Single Track (1921)
Neva Gerber Betty Betty See fewer	The Voice from the Sky (1929)
Rae Berger The Parson (as Ray Berger) The Parson (as Ray Berger) See fewer	The Valley of Decision (1916)
Lucille Ward Aunt Samanthy Aunt Samanthy See fewer	The Island of Intrigue (1919)