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  • The Professor's Dilemma (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Professor's Dilemma (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy
Professor Philipps is overworked and unable to proceed further with a scientific work which he has in preparation. Roberts, the athletic trainer of the college, visits him, and, realizing his condition, kick his secretary out of the room ...See moreProfessor Philipps is overworked and unable to proceed further with a scientific work which he has in preparation. Roberts, the athletic trainer of the college, visits him, and, realizing his condition, kick his secretary out of the room and tells him he needs a rest. Obtaining leave of absence, they go up into the mountains on a shooting trip, the professor going, however, unwillingly. Arriving at their destination, they meet Diana Deane. The professor, who is very modest, is shocked at seeing a woman going about with a gun, and refuses to form her acquaintance. Having received lessons in shooting from Roberts, the professor sallies forth one morning, filled with high hopes. Seeing what he supposes to be a wild animal, he alms and fires and shoots off Diana's Tam O'Shanter cap. The unfortunate professor lays all the blame upon his spectacles, and taking them off, he throws them down and tramps upon them, swearing never to wear them again. This action appeals to the humorous side of Diana's nature and she forgives him. Once home again the professor mopes and mourns and is filled only with thoughts of her. Roberts again noticing his condition, finally hits upon a plan to cheer up his friend; he returns to the mountain hotel and writes a love letter to the professor, signing Diana's name to it. The professor receives it, is overwhelmed with joy and sits down and answers it, writing a most sentimental and effusive epistle, a thing which Roberts had not counted upon. Visiting him, Roberts is told by the professor of the letter he received and his answer, and the worthy athletic trainer is so overcome with laughter that he has great trouble in explaining the joke he has played upon him. Horror-stricken, the poor professor begs Roberts to undo the damage he has done, by going after and regaining the letter before she receives it. Roberts refuses and the professor starts off on the mission himself. His many false moves and the various scrapes he finds himself in before he regains his letter wear him almost to a frazzle, and when at last he is compelled, through force of circumstances to surrender the awful missive to Diana, he is ready to faint away. But when he discovers, to his amazement, that Diana likes the tone of his letter, and that she really loves him, his joy cannot be described, it being unlimited, and his method of expressing it inimitable. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Dec 27, 1912
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Dec 27, 1912 (United States)

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Professor Phillips Professor Phillips   See fewer
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Fritzi Brunette
Diana Deane Diana Deane   See fewer
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