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The House That Jack Moved (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

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The House That Jack Moved (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

The political boss of the little city was greatly worried. He had a municipal campaign on his hands, and what he called "the breaks" were going against him. There was a reform ticket in the field as usual, and the nominee for mayor was an ...See moreThe political boss of the little city was greatly worried. He had a municipal campaign on his hands, and what he called "the breaks" were going against him. There was a reform ticket in the field as usual, and the nominee for mayor was an active young man who was making surprising headway with the voters. It was a problem but then the chief duty of a boss is to solve problems, and this man was competent to do it. The reform candidate lived on the edge of the town in a little detached house, and the boss through the city surveyor, arranged that the city line should be changed just enough to place the candidate's domain just outside the city, thereby automatically removing him from the race. Perhaps the scheme would have been a success, had not fortune favored the young man. One of his former schoolmates was the daughter of the editor of the local paper, a ring organ. The two were great chums, and the girl was frankly desirous that the reform ticket should succeed. She lived near the candidate, saw the boss and one of the henchmen lurking about, watched them and learned of their plot. Then she promptly informed the candidate. He rose to the emergency, as she hoped, asked her to help delay any publication for three hours, summoned house movers and had his house moved inside the line in short time. The girl was able to help, for she was running the newspaper in the absence of her father, "who," as she put it, "was out motoring." The real fact was that he and his daughter went out in an auto he had taken in trade. It was said to be a 40 horse power, but on the road thirty-nine of the "horses died," while the other had a bad case of asthma. Daughter got home all right, because the candidate came along in his own car, but the luckless editor toiled on an on, using all the tools in the car's kit, and never knew that a job was being put on the candidate, or that the candidate had beaten the conspirator's, compelled him to admit their defeat, proposed to the editor's daughter and had been accepted. The editor simply toiled on and on, and finally came back to earth with a start when the young couple drove up, and offered to tow him home if he would give them his blessing. The editor philosophically blessed them, and was prosaically towed home. And as the car rolled along, he decided that an auto was a good investment, for had it not been for his "40 horsepower" his daughter might not have won the most desirable young man in town. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Morgan Jones Sheehan - the Boss Sheehan - the Boss See fewer	What Becomes of the Children? (1918)
Arthur Ashley Jack Mitchell Jack Mitchell See fewer	The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918)
Edward Hoyt Selden - the Editor (as Edward N. Hoyt) Selden - the Editor (as Edward N. Hoyt) See fewer	Merely Mary Ann (1916)
Mignon Anderson Joan - the Editor's Daughter Joan - the Editor's Daughter See fewer	The Mill on the Floss (1915)
Justus D. Barnes Actor Actor See fewer	The Declaration of Independence (II) (1911)