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The Run on Percy (1915)
Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The Run on Percy (1915)

Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Percy Pinkham has invested all his money in the "Bloom Center Bugle" and has no funds left to pay his bills. He cannot even pay his colored washerwoman, who proceeds to beat up Percy and his news printer's "devil." Percy writes his uncle ...See morePercy Pinkham has invested all his money in the "Bloom Center Bugle" and has no funds left to pay his bills. He cannot even pay his colored washerwoman, who proceeds to beat up Percy and his news printer's "devil." Percy writes his uncle asking for a loan. The old man comes to investigate his nephew's conduct and finds him playing poker. He then writes Percy a note saying that Percy must marry some Bloom Center girl within twenty-four hours; that if Percy takes this action he will be given a farm, but that if he does not marry within that time he will be disinherited. Johnny West, correspondent for the County Seat newspaper, embodies Percy's uncle's proposition in a newspaper story and all the girls with matrimonial inclinations make a run on Percy. Percy asks Margaret Tate, his sweetheart, to marry him at once. She agrees, but a moment later her mother enters with a newspaper containing the story of Percy's order to marry, and Margaret, thinking Percy is mercenary, refuses to wed. Percy dodges the crowd, sneaks home and writes a letter to his uncle saying that in justice to the girl he loves he cannot marry within twenty-four hours. Then he goes to Margaret and tells her that he has sacrificed his inheritance for her. She realizes that he really loves her. A letter is then delivered to Percy written by his uncle, in which the uncle states that the previous letter was only a plot to make Percy realize the seriousness of life and the value of a good wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
William Hutchison Constable Plum (as William Hutchinson) Constable Plum (as William Hutchinson) See fewer	The Fair Barbarian (1917)
John Lancaster Postmaster Ira Pash Postmaster Ira Pash See fewer	Two Gay Dogs (1912)
Ralph McComas Chubby Green Chubby Green See fewer	Haunted (1916)
William Scott Percy Pinkham Percy Pinkham See fewer	The Earth Woman (1926)
Sidney Smith Johnny West Johnny West See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Roy Clark Printer's Devil Printer's Devil See fewer	A Bit o' Heaven (1917)
Martha Mattox Selina Tubbs Selina Tubbs See fewer	The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Anna Dodge Libby Libby See fewer	The White Medicine Man (I) (1911)
Irene Wallace Margaret Tate Margaret Tate See fewer	The Lost City (1920)