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  • Chasing a Million; or, Around the World in Eighty Ways (1914)
  • Short | Short
Chasing a Million; or, Around the World in Eighty Ways (1914)
Short | Short
Noon, at the Place Pigalle. Noon is not the hour for crime or wrongdoing. There are too many people on Montmartre Heights. The wealthy Rajah of Yeahbo is courting Piggy, a nice little flower seller at l'Abbaye. This displeases Nutty and is...See moreNoon, at the Place Pigalle. Noon is not the hour for crime or wrongdoing. There are too many people on Montmartre Heights. The wealthy Rajah of Yeahbo is courting Piggy, a nice little flower seller at l'Abbaye. This displeases Nutty and is equally displeasing to Cremo both of whom are warm admirers of the fair one. Time goes on. A race is announced. A million dollars in coin is to be the reward of the first one who finds the hidden copy of "The Lyre." A million Cremo and Nutty feel sure they will win. A train passes. Cremo jumps on to the engine and hangs to the buffer and thus arrives at Marseilles the same day in the arena of Marseilles one hundred dollars is offered to the pluckiest bullfighter. Nutty fights the bull with the perilous horns and wins. Then he takes a first cabin aboard a boat just on the point of sailing. Piggy catches the steamer and Cremo swims after his friends and overtakes them at Port Said. Cremo pours out his affections to Piggy in words warmer than the sun. Nutty beside himself, challenges his rival to mortal combat. Armed with their pillows the duelists assail each other with furious blows. Suddenly a storm bursts out. The waves run mountain high; the ship cannot withstand the shock and splits asunder. Amid the flashing lightning the three travelers plunge into the sea and come ashore on the coast of Egypt. Overcome by emotion and fatigue, Nutty falls asleep on the sand. A magnificent alligator taking pity on him, swallows him at a single gulp. Frightened, Piggy and Cremo, who were asleep hard by and who were awakened by the gritting of the teeth of the voracious beast, escape into a neighboring forest, only to fall into the claws of a lion. The lion, however knows a thing or two. He has studied the classics and lets Piggy alone. Nutty's not dead after all, having escaped. All is going well when alas, a horde of savages surround the travelers. They are especially sweet on Piggy in whom they see a toothsome morsel, but thanks to her mystic powers the poor girl hypnotizes the savage set to guard her and they all succeed in escaping, only however, to fall into the hands of some ragged, insolent pirates who bring them before the ruler of the island, who turns out to be no other than the powerful Rajah of Yeahbo. The presence of Piggy rejuvenates the Rajah but offends the jealous Punkette. Nutty and Cremo, intent upon getting that million dollars, plan a flight. Too late; the Rajah discovers all of the two fugitives have to hide themselves behind the statue of the god Buddha. A religious ceremony commences. Punkette, the inexorable priestess of the divinity demands nothing less in her invocation of the goddess than the death of Piggy, accusing her of coming to brave the god in his own eternal temple. The fanatics break loose, weapons a-gleam. Nutty and Piggy come out of their hiding place and all is riot and confusion. The three racers fly like zebras. One fine day the trio arrive at the enchanted isle the goal of their mad race. How great is their surprise when they find "The Lyre" in the hands of a gigantic man-monkey. The monkey, astonished at their advent, flies away with the precious paper but Piggy once more resorts to her mystic powers. She hypnotizes the beast and at last succeeds in obtaining possession of "The Lyre." And now for home. They divide the journal between them. Our racers arrive home with all speed. To get to the capital, Nutty and Piggy charter a balloon whilst the up-to-date Cremo must patronize the latest invention, and hangs on to an aeroplane. Hard luck pursues Cremo. The biplane takes fire in the air and makes a miserable descent in the middle of the lake. Cremo hangs on to the trolley of a car. Truly his life may be said to hang upon a thread. Once again the three friends find themselves reunited in a motor car that Cremo drives to the barrier where it unloads its precious contents. With all speed they fly to the office of "The Lyre," only to find that the proprietor is bankrupt and has fled, leaving only the proverbial "rabbit" in the till and this rabbit is the only prize received by the redoubtable three for their mad chase to the Pacific isle. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Romeo Bosetti
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Jul 1914 (United States)

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