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Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick (1914)
Short | Comedy, Short

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Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick (1914)

Short | Comedy, Short

"Tick, Tick, Tick" shows Bessie, ex-chorus girl, with an office where, as Bessie Pinkerton Holmes, she detects anything and everything. She even manages to evade detecting the rent. The landlord threatens her with the detection of another ...See more"Tick, Tick, Tick" shows Bessie, ex-chorus girl, with an office where, as Bessie Pinkerton Holmes, she detects anything and everything. She even manages to evade detecting the rent. The landlord threatens her with the detection of another office. Bessie reads of bomb outrages in which the police are baffled. Meantime, Tony has gone to work. His wife and son plan to buy him a birthday present. Bessie observes Marie and Angelo on the street. Tony comes by and they hide. Bessie hears the "Tick, tick, tick" of the package under the boy's coat and her suspicions are aroused. Later Bess is thrown out of Tony's flat and she returns to her office to don an Italian disguise. Tony has received a blackhand letter. He returns home to find Bessie, disguised as an Italian. He captures her after she has snatched up the "tick" box, and thrown it down stairs. It hits a policeman. Friend policeman passes it on to the next man. Marie approaches, grabs the box, and throws it upstairs. Following there is a general scramble all around. Bess offers to open the box for ten dollars. The money is forthcoming. She opens the box and finds the clock, the birthday present for Tony. Bess has enough money to pay her week's rent. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Bess Meredyth Bess the Detectress Bess the Detectress See fewer	Wonder of Women (1929)
Frank Lanning Tony Spaggett Tony Spaggett See fewer	The Unknown (1927)
George Larkin Angelo Spaggett - Tony's Son Angelo Spaggett - Tony's Son See fewer	The Lurking Peril (1919)
Mae Talbot Marie Spaggett - Angelo's Wife Marie Spaggett - Angelo's Wife See fewer	Gloriana (1916)
Ray Hanford Ethelbert - the Cop Ethelbert - the Cop See fewer	Wolfblood (1925)
John Cook Cedric - Ethelbert's Chum (as John J. Cook) Cedric - Ethelbert's Chum (as John J. Cook) See fewer	The Girl from Nowhere (1919)
Charles H. Hickman The Gallant Captain The Gallant Captain See fewer	Below the Deadline (1929)