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  • The Lady Detective (1917)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Lady Detective (1917)
Short | Short, Comedy
Tiny's father objects to Jerry's suit for his daughter's hand, and orders the butler to throw Jerry from the premises. In the melee the butler strikes the father and is discharged. Thereupon father 'phones a detective agency intending to ...See moreTiny's father objects to Jerry's suit for his daughter's hand, and orders the butler to throw Jerry from the premises. In the melee the butler strikes the father and is discharged. Thereupon father 'phones a detective agency intending to ask them to send him a detective to watch Jerry, a maid to watch Tiny, and a butler to serve his household. But the detective agency's manager is too busy making love to his stenographer to answer the 'phone, so father writes the agency a note. Jerry sees him putting the note in the post office, extracts it therefrom, and after gleaning father's message decides to put a new scheme into being. Jerry visits his friends, Tom and Dick, and prevails upon Tom to dress as a detective and Dick to dress as a butler, while Jerry himself dresses as a maid. Thus dressed the three repair to Tiny's home. When they arrive father is commanding Tiny to be "nice" to Hank, his favorite suitor for his daughter's hand. Jerry seeing this contrives to separate Tiny from him. He succeeds and follows Tiny to her room, accompanied by Tom and Dick. Jerry tells Tiny that he and his friends are movie actors, and that they will be glad to stage a scene for her delectation. Their acting, however, causes a lot of racket in the house, and father and Hank hurry to Tiny's room to learn the trouble. Seeing they are about to be caught in a trap, for Jerry has lost his wig in the acting scene, they scatter just as father and Hank break in. Seeing the deception that has been practiced upon him father gets his shot-gun. A lively time follows, but Jerry and his friends are fortunate beings and escape, the picture closing with a scene of Jerry rushing down the road, his footfalls beating an accompaniment to a rainfall of bullets. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Apr 5, 1917
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Apr 5, 1917 (United States)

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