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  • Getting Even (II) (1911)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Getting Even (II) (1911)
Short | Short, Comedy
Betty Thorne had declared that if she and Bob Wiley only continued tormenting her father long enough, eventually he would consent to their marriage. But so infuriated did Major Thorne become at their persistence, that one day he actually ...See moreBetty Thorne had declared that if she and Bob Wiley only continued tormenting her father long enough, eventually he would consent to their marriage. But so infuriated did Major Thorne become at their persistence, that one day he actually took his cane to the young man. Tom, however, sprang through the door, and the Major's blow fell upon the head of poor Parson Goodman, who entered at that moment. Excusing himself as best he could, the irate father summoned the gardener, instructing him to eject Tom from the premises. But having heard these instructions from his hiding place, the lover decided to let himself out through the kitchen. Here, the sight of Policeman O'Grady's coat and hat lying upon a chair, where the officer had flung them as he sat down to a cup of tea with Maggie, quickly changed Tom's mind. Snatching them up, he hurried into the next room; there, with the aid of a little soot from the fireplace, the incorrigible young scamp walked boldly into the next room and accused the Major of assault and battery. Then, before he could get a good look at the officer, Betty came forward and hustled her confused father off, telling him that she would arrange matters with the policeman. As the Major re-entered the room, however, the truth dawned upon him, for he beheld his daughter's face covered with soot, and glancing at the officer, saw that his big mustache was now merely a black smudge. Again the cane was raised. This time Betty succeeded in staying his arm until Tom had safely deposited his borrowed clothes upon the kitchen chair and O'Grady had them on ready to depart when Major Thorne and the gardener grabbed him from the back and without much ado, threw the astonished officer through the window. Battered, bruised and angry, the Irishman picked himself up and limped back into the house; and had not Betty and Tom been busy urging Parson Goodman to hasten with their marriage ceremony, they might have heard O'Grady's club descending upon the Major and his assistant, as he marched them triumphantly off to the station house. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Sep 30, 1911
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Sep 30, 1911 (United States)

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