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Playing the Game (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

Playing the Game (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

At a fashionable winter resort, Marcus Holmes and Hiram Gore, of Nebraska, two old millionaires, meet and renew friendship. Gore is introduced to Lilly. Holmes' daughter, and greatly pleased with her beauty and grace, Hiram whispers to ...See moreAt a fashionable winter resort, Marcus Holmes and Hiram Gore, of Nebraska, two old millionaires, meet and renew friendship. Gore is introduced to Lilly. Holmes' daughter, and greatly pleased with her beauty and grace, Hiram whispers to Holmes a suggestion of a match between Lilly and his son, Reuben, who is now out in Nebraska on the farm. Holmes thinks that a fine idea, and Reuben is accordingly sent for. When Lilly hears of the project, she immediately decides that if Hiram is a "Rube," what must his farmer son be. So she scoffs at the idea of a match. Lilly does not know that Reuben is a Harvard graduate, and with several round-the-world trips to his credit, is anything but a "by Heck." As for the "Little farm,' that is a twenty-thousand acre plot with fifteen thousand head of cattle feeding thereon. Reuben gains a hint from his father's message that the girl in the case thinks of him as a bumpkin, so he decides to have a little fun. He borrows a real "Rube" outfit, and after alighting from his private car in the city, calls on Lilly in his ridiculous costume. It happens that both fathers are away at the time. Meanwhile, Lilly decides to shock the young countryman a little, and in that way put a quietus on the match. She piles on the rouge, puts on a rather abbreviated costume, and when Reuben arrives, he finds her nonchalantly puffing a cigarette. After many ludicrous happenings, Lilly offers him the family album and a cocktail, while she fights off a growing sickness from the cigarette. Both become a little suspicious that the other is faking, and Reuben leaves as soon as he dares to. That evening, dressed in immaculate evening clothes, they happen to meet at a fashionable reception, and the secret is out. Reuben, looking every inch the polished gentleman, leads Lilly, now a sweet and gentle lady, to the conservatory, proposes and is accepted. Then they go to their dads, and the "game" ends with a double benediction. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Lillian Walker Lillian Holmes Lillian Holmes See fewer	Hearts and the Highway (1915)
Frank Currier Marcus Holmes Marcus Holmes See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Charles Eldridge Hiram Gore Hiram Gore See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Evart Overton Reuben Gore Reuben Gore See fewer	The Bottom of the Well (1917)