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Comrades (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

Comrades (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Comrades in many a midnight burglary and cellmates in the prison where they are spending their summer vacations, Pokes and Jabbs have formed a friendship that seemed unbreakable. When their sentences are served, Pokes tells Jabbs that ...See moreComrades in many a midnight burglary and cellmates in the prison where they are spending their summer vacations, Pokes and Jabbs have formed a friendship that seemed unbreakable. When their sentences are served, Pokes tells Jabbs that henceforth he will follow the path of honest living. Scornfully, Jabbs parts from his old comrade, and hies himself back to the old surroundings. Pokes, however, seeks shelter in a boarding house to which he has been attracted by the charms of the landlady's daughter. Pokes, by his manner, quickly wins the smiles of fair Ethel, much to the disgust and envy of the other lodgers, especially two young men who have also sought to charm the capricious damsel. In order to secure revenge upon the man who has not only stolen away from them their shares of the meals and the affections of Ethel, the two roomers plant a dummy in Pokes' room and succeed in convincing the latter that a robber has entered the room. Frightened nearly to death after alarming all the other boarders in the boarding house and scaring them also, Pokes is induced by the two schemers to call the police. While seeking police assistance, Jabbs, who has reverted to his old profession of house breaking, has entered the room of Pokes, and has sought shelter in the closet. Pokes returns with a worthy representative of the law, and after exposing the dummy, berates Pokes for having sought to ridicule him. Pokes returns to the room with the dummy, discovers Jabbs hiding in the close and also learns that, in the absence of the household, Jabbs has purloined Ethel's beautiful pearl necklace. Ethel, discovering the loss of the necklace, gives the alarm and the policemen and others immediately suspect Pokes of the theft. Pokes has been struggling desperately in his room with the villain Jabbs for the possession of the necklace and succeeds in wresting it from the latter, then he hurls his old partner in crime out through the window. When the policeman rushes in the door, Pokes is in the act of admiring the necklace, preparatory to returning it to Ethel. However, circumstantial evidence causes it to look black for Pokes, and quickly realizing this fact, the would-be hero dives out through the window and away before the law can again fasten its grasp upon him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Bobby Burns Pokes Pokes See fewer	Ups and Downs (1915)
Walter Stull Jabbs Jabbs See fewer	Ups and Downs (1915)
Ethel Marie Burton The Landlady's Daughter (as Ethel Burton) The Landlady's Daughter (as Ethel Burton) See fewer	Frenzied Finance (1916)
Helen Gilmore The Landlady The Landlady See fewer	Tom Sawyer (1917)