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A Caliph of the New Bagdad (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

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A Caliph of the New Bagdad (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

Fond recollections of the days when he was a prominent actor, draw Van Dyke, now prosperous, to the boarding house which he knew so well in the olden days. Here he meets some of his old friends and they have a fine time, talking over the ...See moreFond recollections of the days when he was a prominent actor, draw Van Dyke, now prosperous, to the boarding house which he knew so well in the olden days. Here he meets some of his old friends and they have a fine time, talking over the good old days. Here, also, he sees one Mr. Rivers, a society man, who is using the old game of telling a young girl, Alice Hope, that he will finance a musical comedy and put her in the leading role. Van knew this trick in the old days, and he decides that Mr. Rivers shall be baffled. Rivers has Bawn, a theatrical agent, help him out in his scheming, by telling Alice that he will put on the production. Rivers goes out with Alice and Van follows with Canby, the owner of the boarding house, who, seeing his intentions, gets into an argument with him and threatens to eject him next day. The following day, Rivers, calling on Alice, reveals his character in the presence of Van and Canby, and leaves. None of the people in the boarding house believe that Van is really rich. Alice and McCarthy, an actor, are married, and Van gives them a check for $1,000. McCarthy, however, thinking Van a poor man, tears up the check when he gets home. After the wedding Van decides to give the crowd a treat, so he tells them all to be down for a big blowout that night. When he sends a telegram saying that he cannot come, they all agree that he is a four-flusher, but then the chef enters with the big eats, and Van is "the real thing" and a "jolly good fellow." McCarthy, seeing that Van really has the dough, makes a dive for his room, where he goes down on hands and knees and picks up all the little pieces of the check, and pieces them together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Van Dyke Brooke Edward Gaston Van Dyke - the Caliph Edward Gaston Van Dyke - the Caliph See fewer	Betty's Choice (1909)
Leah Baird Alice Hope Alice Hope See fewer	Don't Doubt Your Wife (1922)
Templar Saxe Mr. Rivers Mr. Rivers See fewer	How Women Love (1922)
Edward Elkas I. Bawn I. Bawn See fewer	The Blue Bird (1918)
Emanuel A. Turner Tom McCarthy Tom McCarthy See fewer	The Tarantula (1916)
Harry Fisher Canby Canby See fewer	The Faith of Sonny Jim (1915)
Charles Michael Edwards Banut Banut See fewer	Ida's Christmas (1912)
Joe Tucker Higgins Higgins See fewer	Mr. Jack Hires a Stenographer (1916)
Adele DeGarde Actress Actress See fewer	Lights of New York (1916)
Edwina Robbins Actress Actress See fewer	The Man Who Couldn't Beat God (1915)