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  • The Little Lady Across the Way (1915)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Little Lady Across the Way (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy
Jane's aunt is very anxious to have her niece assume her proper place in society, but Jane, although 18 years old, remains a young tomboy and takes little interest in anything but athletics. To the house next door comes John Meadows. He is...See moreJane's aunt is very anxious to have her niece assume her proper place in society, but Jane, although 18 years old, remains a young tomboy and takes little interest in anything but athletics. To the house next door comes John Meadows. He is grave and not at all desirous of making the acquaintance of his neighbors. One day Jane is wrathfully rebuked for taking a short cut across the ground of John Meadows, and this starts a feud between them. Jane does not realize that the "Old Bachelor," as she calls him, is not old at all and that the reason for his bitterness against women is that he has been thrown down by a woman in the city, whom he loved very much. In the city the woman who refused John tires of her husband and sends a pleading note to John, begging him to come to her. His first impulse is to destroy the letter, for he knows just how wrong answering her call would be. But love gets the best of him and he makes up his mind to go to town. He has barely time to catch the train. On his way to the station his machine meets with an accident and the chauffeur can do nothing with it. Jane, attired in riding breeches with a Panama hat pulled down to her eyes, comes tearing by driving her new car. John looks up hastily and says, "Say, boy, will you take me to the depot? I've got to catch the six o'clock train." Jane nods her head and John gets in. She has seen her chance to get even and makes up her mind that he will not get the six o'clock train. She takes the wrong road deliberately and lands John away out in the woods. Then she stops the car and pretends that she is lost. Just then a gust of wind blows off her Panama hat and John finds himself faring the girl next door. She tells John that she tries to get even, and as she is about to board her car, John kisses her, saying, "I guess I need to get even a little myself." She pushes him off the board and drives away. He picks up her hat and slowly hits the trail for home. When he arrives home he finds a telegram from the woman in town begging him not to come, as her husband's jealousy has been aroused and he has threatened to kill John on sight John goes over to call on Jane that night, but she will not see him. However, he leaves her hat. Jane goes to her swimming pool in an abbreviated bathing suit. John comes upon her there, and, sitting himself on the bank, he wildly applauds her swimming teats. She sees him there and begs him to go away. He refuses. Finally he gathers her clothes into his arm and starts off. She swims over to the bank and calls to him, commanding him to put her apparel where it was. He sits down again and makes a bargain with her, "If you will see me tonight when I call, I will leave your things here, but if you won't..." he pretends to start off with the clothes again. In desperation Jane gives in and off he goes. That night he calls and finds that Jane has another admirer. He gets rid of Percy, who is no favorite of Jane's, by locking him in the garage. John and Jane have a mutual understanding and become friends. Sometime later, while both are fishing, they pledge their troth. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Matt Moore
Writer
Maie B. Havey (story)
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Updated Dec 10, 1915
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Dec 10, 1915 (United States)

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