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  • Poet and Peasant (1915)
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Poet and Peasant (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

Artemis Long is a poet, but he finds the returns from poem-writing such that although his minds inhabits mansions, his corporeal person exists in a third floor back, lighted by one window, close to the wall of an untenanted mansion on the ...See moreArtemis Long is a poet, but he finds the returns from poem-writing such that although his minds inhabits mansions, his corporeal person exists in a third floor back, lighted by one window, close to the wall of an untenanted mansion on the adjoining street. Arty has another trouble: his verses disappear from his desk miraculously. Arty doesn't guess that they are taken by Lotta Luks, the little emigrant slavey who bothers him by dusting his room and washing his window. Lotta loves Arty, and she treasures the little stolen poems. Then something happens. The window in the wall opposite his room opens and discloses a beautiful girl. She places some potted plants on the sill, and Arty, who has been reading the "Flower Flirtation," thinks he reads a message in them. The same day his friend, Howe S. Tricks, calls and Arty tells of his "Goddess in the Window." Howe tells him that the divinity is Dixie Firebran, a young Southern girl, who has just come to live in the mansion. But when he sees the flowers he "beats it." About this time Lotta suddenly inherits a wad of money from her brother in the old country, but keeps it a secret. She spends some of it for little delicacies for Arty, but he thinks they come from the girl in the window. One day he mentions to Lotta that his verses, if published, would bring him wealth. Lotta pays for publishing the verses, unknown to Arty. He is overjoyed, but attributes the kindness to Howe. Arty inscribes a volume and throws it through the window to his divinity. But when he next looks out, expecting to find her enraptured, he gets a shock. She is laughing over the book with a man. It is his false friend, Howe S. Tricks. This is too much. Arty will end it all with a rope, hut his own ceiling is too low to allow him to hang himself. Then he thinks of the attic. It has a peaked roof. Everything is arranged, and Arty in a hemp necktie, is standing on a chair reciting his favorite poem preparatory to his leap into infinity, when the door opens and a ravishing vision of womanhood appears. It is Lotta, dressed up like a real human being. Just as he is taking her in his arms the landlady comes with a letter. It is a check. The entire edition of his books is sold. Arty is happy and he hardly notices the arrival of draymen with loads of books. Lotta has bought the edition herself. One thing Arty doesn't know is that the flowers on the window sill were a signal to Howe S. Tricks that father would be away and it would be safe to call on Dixie. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Feb 23, 1915 (United States)

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Arthur V. Johnson
Artemus Long - the Poet Artemus Long - the Poet   See fewer
Lottie Briscoe
Lotta Luks - the Peasant Maid Lotta Luks - the Peasant Maid   See fewer
Howard M. Mitchell
Howe S. Tricks Howe S. Tricks   See fewer
Mary Crouse
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