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Too Proud to Fight (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

Too Proud to Fight (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Jerry sees Tilly being chased by, as he supposes, a vicious dog and, seeing a chance to play the hero, he goes to her rescue. The owner of the animal appears and proves that the animal is quite harmless, much to Jerry's chagrin. Tilly and ...See moreJerry sees Tilly being chased by, as he supposes, a vicious dog and, seeing a chance to play the hero, he goes to her rescue. The owner of the animal appears and proves that the animal is quite harmless, much to Jerry's chagrin. Tilly and the dog's owner then have the laugh on the disgusted Jerry, who talks to himself and goes through such strange actions that a cop, who has been watching and listening to him, decides he is crazy and starts to take him away. Tilly pleads with the cop to release Jerry, which he finally does. Jerry accompanies Tilly to the house where she is employed as servant and she invites him in and treats him to a glass of beer. Tilly sees one of her admirers, a husky Swede, cooling and hides Jerry under the table. The Swede sits down at the table and helps himself to Jerry's beer. Startled by the approach of someone outside, whom they believe to be the owner of the house, the Swede runs out the back way and Jerry emerges from under the table. The frightened Tilly barely has time to hide him in a clothes basket when Sam, a laborer, enters. The Swede retraces his steps and, finding that the intruder is Sam, throws him down the cellar. His rival thus disposed of he begins to make love to Tilly. Jerry ventures to raise the cover of the basket and look out but is discovered by the Swede, who makes a dash for him but the nimble Jerry is too quick for him and jumps into the dumbwaiter. The Swede, not to be thwarted, runs down the cellar but Jerry hears him coming and jumps into the furnace, which is the only place of refuge in sight. Not wishing to follow him into the furnace the Swede returns to the kitchen, only to be hit on the head with an empty beer bottle by the angry Tilly and knocked unconscious. Sam stars a fire in the furnace and Jerry is forced to crawl up through the pipe. Emerging from the furnace he scares the mother and daughter nearly to death and their screams bring the father, revolver in hand. He fires at Jerry, who being unable to find an exit, dives back into the pipe and falls unconscious on the cellar floor, his clothes on fire. He revives in time to escape the clutches of father, who chases him about the cellar until, somewhat blinded by the smoke from Jerry's clothes, the father runs upstairs, thinking Jerry has gone out that way. Jerry, however, jumps out of the window but is seen by the Swede who starts in pursuit. A chase takes place, which ends by the Swede chasing Jerry into a sawmill and on to the roof. Here a fight takes place between the two but Jerry is no match for the husky Swede, who picks him up and throws him into the midst of a bunch of loafers. The Swede is not content with this, but seeing that Jerry is uninjured he takes a chimney and buries it into the crowd, knocking them helter-skelter. Jerry has no trouble in inciting the crowd to capture the Swede and they all pounce upon him while Jerry stands back and applauds. While the fight is raging two policemen are seen coming and the crowd soon scatters headed by Jerry, and the Swede is left to be arrested and taken away by the police. Jerry, laughing in derisive triumph, is seen peering around a post as his enemy, the Swede, is lead protestingly away. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
George Ovey Jerry Jerry See fewer	The Pirate of Panama (1929)
Louise Horner Tilly - the Servant Tilly - the Servant See fewer	The Gypsy Prince (1917)
George George The Swede The Swede See fewer	Jerry's Revenge (1915)
Gordon McGregor Sam - the Laborer Sam - the Laborer See fewer	Beasts of Paradise (1923)
Louis Fitzroy The Father The Father See fewer	Making Matters Worse (1915)
Janet Sully The Mother The Mother See fewer	Making Matters Worse (1915)
Belle Bennett The Daughter The Daughter See fewer	Stella Dallas (1925)