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Millionaire Billie (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

Millionaire Billie (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Harold Vandewater, a sporting member of the Millionaire's Club, makes a bet with a fellow member that he can tramp his way from New York to Chicago entirely without funds, and without making any change whatsoever in his appearance, and the...See moreHarold Vandewater, a sporting member of the Millionaire's Club, makes a bet with a fellow member that he can tramp his way from New York to Chicago entirely without funds, and without making any change whatsoever in his appearance, and the next day he is on his trip. In the principal hotel of an intermediate town there are many people with high social aspirations, who are agog with excitement over the expected arrival of the millionaire tramp as promised in the newspaper accounts of his itinerancy. Among them is a family by the name of Climber, and another by the name of Brown, rivals in the social set. Billie is a real "soldier" in the great hobo army, and after many rough deals at the hands of inhospitable farmers and their wives, he arrives on the outskirts of this particular town. Mrs. Climber and her two daughters, Tilly and Kitty, hearing of the approach of the millionaire tramp determine to entertain him, but capture Billie instead. To give the proper éclat to the event, cards are at once sent out for a dinner dance to Mr. Vandewater, the famous millionaire tramp. Mrs. Climber insists upon one of her daughters making a match with the illustrious though eccentric guest, and although each of them has a lover, one Joe Brown, the other Jim Smith, neither is averse to the securing of so wealthy a husband as is Harold Vandewater. The entire social set of the town goes to the reception, with the two exceptions of Mrs. Brown and her daughter, Jennie. Joe Brown goes there much against his will, for no other reason than to prevent his sweetheart, Tilly Climber, from throwing herself away on this newcomer. The guests are much amused over the terms of the Vandewater bet, which specifies that he shall not, in whatever time it may consume to make his tramp, change his attire nor spend a cent of money. Much to the disgust of the two lovers, the Climbers are attracted to the newcomer, and the two lovers vow to get their revenge in some way or other. This comes, when after an altercation on the dance floor with Billie, Joe Brown is asked to leave the house, and on arriving at his own home, intercepts a procession headed by the real millionaire tramp, and summoning his mother and sister, he takes him to the Climber home. Their arrival throws great consternation in the Climber household, for the true millionaire tramp personally punishes the false one, and the Browns gain their end by presenting him to town society, while poor Billie ends his episode by sleeping behind the prison bars. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Billie Reeves Billie - A Tramp Billie - A Tramp See fewer	The Substitute (1915)
Francis Joyner Harold Vandewater Harold Vandewater See fewer	Mr. Housekeeper (1916)
Eleanor Blanchard Mrs. Climber Mrs. Climber See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Vinnie Burns Tillie Climber (as June Daye) Tillie Climber (as June Daye) See fewer	The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1914)
Mary Rowland Kitty Climber Kitty Climber See fewer	Finn and Haddie (1915)
Margaret Moore Mrs. Brown Mrs. Brown See fewer	The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch (1915)
Kempton Greene Joe Brown Joe Brown See fewer	A Question of Right (1914)
Alice Mann Jennie Brown Jennie Brown See fewer	Help! Help! Police! (1919)