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  • When the Press Speaks (1913)
  • Short | Comedy, Drama, Short
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When the Press Speaks (1913)
Short | Comedy, Drama, Short

The leading "sob-sister" on the Globe, Miss Lizzie Ellison, strongly objects to the love-making between her ward Marion and Danny, the nephew of Professor Peter Gates, the famous woman-hater. Professor Peter, on his part, is equally ...See moreThe leading "sob-sister" on the Globe, Miss Lizzie Ellison, strongly objects to the love-making between her ward Marion and Danny, the nephew of Professor Peter Gates, the famous woman-hater. Professor Peter, on his part, is equally indignant because Danny wishes to consort with a member of the sex he so greatly despises. Lizzie is sent out by the editor of the Globe, to get an interview with Gates. She forces herself past the butler into Peter's room, but he makes short work of her and soon has her packing from the house. Danny, who is in his uncle's house when Lizzie comes in, has heard all that has transpired and makes a proposal to her, "If I can arrange that interview with my uncle for yon, may I marry Marion?" As her reputation as a newspaper woman is at stake, Lizzie consents to the proposition. Danny, who is a member of "The Sons of Mirth," arranges with the boys a little scheme for the subjugation of Peter. They get him to their rooms by inviting him to a suppositious scientific meeting there. Instead of such a meeting he finds himself apparently in a den of anarchists, who put a barrel of gunpowder beneath his chair and a lighted bomb beneath his nose. Lizzie comes in and offers to rescue him if he will grant her the desired interview, Peter is forced to consent, and, as a result, Marion is soon in Danny's arms. Lizzie receives a great surprise herself when, on her return to the Globe office, she receives a 'phone call from Peter, who proposes marriage to her and tells her not to publish the interview as he has entirely changed his mind about women. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Shannon Fife (story)
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Updated Aug 11, 1913

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Aug 11, 1913 (United States)

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John Bunny
Prof. Peter Gates - the Woman Hater Prof. Peter Gates - the Woman Hater   See fewer
Flora Finch
Lizzie Ellison aka Bealla Wilfax - the Sob Sister Lizzie Ellison aka Bealla Wilfax - the Sob Sister   See fewer
Wally Van
Danny - Peter's Nephew Danny - Peter's Nephew   See fewer
Lillian Walker
Marion - Lizzie's Ward Marion - Lizzie's Ward   See fewer
Charles Eldridge
One of Peter's Friends One of Peter's Friends   See fewer
William Shea
One of Peter's Friends One of Peter's Friends   See fewer
Hughie Mack
One of Peter's Friends One of Peter's Friends   See fewer
Richard Leslie
William William   See fewer
Arthur Cozine
Jack - Danny's Friend Jack - Danny's Friend   See fewer
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