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  • Be Sure You're Right (1917)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Be Sure You're Right (1917)
Short | Comedy, Short
Jerry and Tiny are in love, but Tiny's father will not consent to his daughter's marriage to anyone but a military man. He therefore favors a lieutenant as a fine husband for his daughter. A happy idea strikes Jerry. He will become a ...See moreJerry and Tiny are in love, but Tiny's father will not consent to his daughter's marriage to anyone but a military man. He therefore favors a lieutenant as a fine husband for his daughter. A happy idea strikes Jerry. He will become a military man and win the consent of Tiny's father. Accordingly he visits a second-hand shop and buys a complete outfit of military regalia. Dressed in it he visits Tiny's home, but father and the lieutenant, noticing the deception, drive him from the place. Tiny's father is booked to make an address in the town hall of a nearby village. His car is waiting outside of his home to take him on his journey. Jerry commands the use of the car and starts for the distant town. When Tiny's father is ready to leave he finds his car gone. The Colonel loans him the use of his own machine, and the two, accompanied by privates, proceed in it to the nearby village. As they arrive they spy father's car and hear the band playing and the crowd cheering, and immediately conclude that Jerry has been up to one of his tricks. They enter the town hall just as Jerry is in the midst of making a romantic talk in which he recounts his heroic deeds on the front. When the party enters Jerry sees he is doomed. At the Colonel's command Jerry is seized and placed in charge of the constable who takes his prisoner to the jail to lock him up. But Tiny will not stand by and see her lover imprisoned, and stealing the constable's gun she holds up the officer of the law, obtains Jerry's release, and before the amazed officer knows what has happened the loving pair make their way down the road in a machine safe from the law's arm. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Mar 29, 1917
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Mar 29, 1917 (United States)

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