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  • A Newspaper Error (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
A Newspaper Error (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
Will Dean leaves his fiancée, Helen, and goes to Mexico to make a fortune in the silver mine there. At the Hotel Diaz he meets the hotel keeper's daughter, Arnita, who falls in love with Will and woos him in the impulsive Mexican fashion. ...See moreWill Dean leaves his fiancée, Helen, and goes to Mexico to make a fortune in the silver mine there. At the Hotel Diaz he meets the hotel keeper's daughter, Arnita, who falls in love with Will and woos him in the impulsive Mexican fashion. Will saves the life of "Bob" from a bad Mexican who is about to stab "Bob." The two Americans become fast friends and partners in a mine in which they strike rich silver ore. Having made a neat fortune, Will and "Bob" "choose up" to see who goes back to the States, and Bob wins. He goes away, taking with him a letter to Will's girl, Helen, asking her to come out and marry him in Mexico, and to bring her sister, Grace. Bob falls in love with Grace and marries her. A stupid newspaper reporter confounds the names of the two sisters, and Will reads in a copy of the paper that his sweetheart Helen is married to his chum. A letter from the girl to Will explaining the mistake is destroyed by the Mexican girl, Arnita. Crazed with rage Will marries Arnita. The Mexican girl is a terror, particularly when she is drunk, and she makes poor Will wish he were dead. A powerful dramatic situation comes when Bob and the two girls arrive. Will's fury against Bob subsides into woe when he learns that the sister, Grace, is Bob's wife, and that his girl has been true to him. The Mexican girl comes in maudlin drunk, and Will has to confess that she is his wife. Helen is about to go back home. Will kisses her, and then he goes out to end his wretched life. Bob snatches the pistol from his hand and makes him promise to be a brave man and endure his trial. Meanwhile Arnita has skipped away, leaving a note saying, "You can have your American girl. I've got three other husbands anyhow." Will doesn't know what to say or do now. But Helen's kid brother does. He puts Helen's arms about Will and makes them kiss and be re-engaged. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Pat Powers
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Updated Apr 26, 1910
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Apr 26, 1910 (United States)

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