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What the Driver Saw (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short

What the Driver Saw (1912)

Short | Comedy, Short

Cab 11 stops before May Roberts' home and May Roberts and Harry Nugent get in. The driver lifts the lid in the top of the cab and sees Harry kiss May. They get out at the theater and Harry tells the driver to call for them. A bearded young...See moreCab 11 stops before May Roberts' home and May Roberts and Harry Nugent get in. The driver lifts the lid in the top of the cab and sees Harry kiss May. They get out at the theater and Harry tells the driver to call for them. A bearded young man hails Cab 11 and gives an address to the driver. The driver peeps through the hole and sees the man reading a letter. The driver takes a pair of opera glasses from his pocket and also reads the note. "Dear Buck: The enclosed will introduce you as Lord Milday to May Roberts. Her ma is anxious for a title, so it will be easy money. You must catch the steamer sailing on the- third, so hurry the wedding. Cal." As they reach the address a machine drives up and Ma gets out. Buck gets from the cab and introduces himself to Ma and shows the note. Cab 11 goes to the theater for Harry and May. When they reach home, ma introduces the bogus lord and sends Harry away. Buck forces his attentions upon May, who remains formal and cold. Ma returns with a letter and asks Buck to mail it for her. After a profuse leave taking Buck goes. Through the lid in the cab the driver reads the address of the letter ma had given Buck to mail. It is to Harry. Buck opens the letter. The driver reads it with him. It tells Harry that Ma has made arrangements for May to marry a lord. When he leaves Buck, the driver gives him his card. Next morning he is called to a flower store. Buck comes out and gets into the cab. Through the lid the driver sees him take a note from his pocket, he reads: "Dear Mrs. Roberts: Received a cable this morning of my father's death. Must sail on the third to claim my estate. Bring your daughter to 69 Bleak St. at 8:00 o'clock tonight and we will be married. Lord Milday." Buck puts the note into the box of flowers and takes them to Mrs. Roberts. Cab 11 is hailed before a jewelry store by Harry. Through the hole the driver sees him handling a plain gold ring and sees him take a note from his pocket. His opera glasses again help him read. It says: "Dear May: Cannot understand your mother's note, but I have purchased a license and a ring and if yon still love me come to 672 Rose Ave. at 8:00 tonight and we will be married. Harry." The driver copies the address and puts it into his pocket. Harry gives the note to the butler at May's house. At 7:30 that night cab 11 drives slowly up and down past the house, until Ma comes out, dragging May after her. She sees cab 11, gives a paper to the driver. The driver destroys the paper, drives to 672 Rose Avenue, Ma drags May into the house. The driver peeps into the window and sees Ma bring May into the room. Harry steps out. May rushes to him, ma faints, the minister rushes in with a pitcher of water. Harry takes the pitcher from him and tells him to marry them first. After the blessing the minister takes the pitcher and hastens to revive Ma, while the couple embrace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry Myers Harry Nugent Harry Nugent See fewer	City Lights (1931)
May Buckley May Roberts May Roberts See fewer	Hello, Central! (1912)
Peter Lang The Driver The Driver See fewer	The College Widow (1915)
Charles Arthur Lord Milday Lord Milday See fewer	Wormwood (1915)
Mrs. George W. Walters May's Mother May's Mother See fewer	Granny (I) (1913)