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The Election Bet (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short

The Election Bet (1916)

Short | Comedy, Short

Wilken is so sure that Jones will win the election that he makes an election bet with his friend, Walker. The loser is to roll a walnut from the Boulevard to City Hall. It must not be broken, nor touched with the hands, nor must the loser ...See moreWilken is so sure that Jones will win the election that he makes an election bet with his friend, Walker. The loser is to roll a walnut from the Boulevard to City Hall. It must not be broken, nor touched with the hands, nor must the loser speak or write to anyone until the bet is paid, and the agreement must be kept secret. Forfeiture means the loss of $5,000. Wilkens starts to roll the walnut and his queer antics lead O'Hara, a policeman, to think he is crazy. A newsboy picks up the walnut and is going to eat it and Wilkens has to buy it back. A large fat woman is about to step on it and the only way in which Wilkens can protect it, is to put his feet beside it and she walks on his feet. He talks to her on his fingers and she thinks he is deaf and dumb. Annette, Wilkens' sweetheart, knows nothing of the wager, but Wilkens was so sure he would win, he told her to come to the City Hall and see something funny, so with her chum, Grace, she goes along the street. When Annette finds Wilkens, he cannot speak or write to her according to the terms of the wager. Therefore, she tells O'Hara her lover is crazy and when they look for him they find him under a truck which is standing over the walnut. O'Hara takes charge of Wilkens. Stout is going to quit, but Wilkens pays him a large sum of money to stay by the walnut. Stout gets a chair, an oil stove, and umbrella and has lunch served on a folding table and sticks by the walnut all night. Next morning Wilkens manages to escape from the hospital where he has been taken, sees a street sweeper in his white overalls, bribes the man to give him his overalls and brush and sweeps the walnut to within a block of City Hall where it is run over by a streetcar and Wilkens loses his bet. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Billie Reeves Wilkens Wilkens See fewer	The Substitute (1915)
Carrie Reynolds Annette Annette See fewer	A Mother's Confession (1915)
James Cassady Walker Walker See fewer	The Road o' Strife (1915)
Arthur Matthews Mr. Slim - the Referee Mr. Slim - the Referee See fewer	Ignorance (1916)
Peter Lang O'Hara O'Hara See fewer	The College Widow (1915)