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Jake's Hoodoo (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy

Jake's Hoodoo (1914)

Short | Short, Comedy

Jake Towne, poor but enterprising, loves Lucy Small, who does not share her father's prejudices. She agrees to elope when opportunity offers. Jake is instructed by letter to be at Lucy's at dark, Friday, the 13th, when the coast will be ...See moreJake Towne, poor but enterprising, loves Lucy Small, who does not share her father's prejudices. She agrees to elope when opportunity offers. Jake is instructed by letter to be at Lucy's at dark, Friday, the 13th, when the coast will be clear. Jake, owning only one suit, upsets a pan of beans on his trousers. He repairs the damage with gasoline and hangs the garments out to air while he shaves. A tramp fresh from an encounter with a bulldog sees Jake's pants and succumbs to temptation. Jake, minus an indispensable article of attire, is desperate. Henpeck runs out of tobacco. Mrs. H. gives him ten minutes to get some. Jake holds him up and borrows his loud but whole trousers. Henpeck, frightened to death of his wife, wraps a blanket round him and sneaks home through back alleys. But Mrs. H. has already gone to look for him. She sees his trousers going down the street with a girl, follows them to the minister's, and sets the policeman on the track of the bigamist. The bridegroom is rudely torn from his wife and taken to jail. The tramp in Jake's pants sees Lucy's window open and gets a ladder and gets into Small's. Mrs. Henpeck goes home and faints when she finds Hen in bed. They get Jake out of jail, and he goes after Lucy, who has gone home, climbed the ladder and cried herself to sleep. Jake calls her and she does not hear. Then the tramp, carrying her father's cash box, steals in and appropriates her jewelry. The slam of the door awakens her. She shrieks, and Jake rushes to the rescue. Tramp and husband collide half way up the ladder and fall, each trying to get the box. Lucy shrieks and the policeman who responds meets with Small. The policeman seizes the tramp, Jake recognizes his trousers and makes the unfortunate one take them off. Indoors Small decides that Jake wouldn't be a bad son-in-law after all. "When he realizes that it is too late to object he gives in with a good grace, and invites Jake to remain, which he thankfully does, his day of hoodoo being over. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Lucille Young Lucy Small Lucy Small See fewer	The Strange Story of Elsie Mason (1912)
Lee Hill Jake Towne Jake Towne See fewer	The Hawk and the Hermit (1915)
Howard Davies The Tramp The Tramp See fewer	Wanted at Headquarters (1920)
Josef Swickard Lucy's Father (as Joseph Swickard) Lucy's Father (as Joseph Swickard) See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
D. Mitsoras The Policeman (as Dimitri Mitsoras) The Policeman (as Dimitri Mitsoras) See fewer	The Rose of Paris (1924)
Richard Cummings Mr. Henpeck Mr. Henpeck See fewer	The Little Orphans (1915)
Carrie Clark Ward Mrs. Henpeck Mrs. Henpeck See fewer	Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)