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  • The Other Way (1910)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Other Way (1910)
Short | Short, Comedy
Two old cronies are playing chess in the magnificent suburban home of one of them, when he receives a letter from his only son, Billy, announcing that he will be home again from college at nine-thirty. The other then shows a letter he has ...See moreTwo old cronies are playing chess in the magnificent suburban home of one of them, when he receives a letter from his only son, Billy, announcing that he will be home again from college at nine-thirty. The other then shows a letter he has received earlier in the day from his only child, Lucy, stating that she will be back from Vassar College at ten o'clock. They pull out of their pockets the photos of their only children and simultaneously the thought strikes them both, Lucy and Billy must marry one another. They shake hands over it and say good-bye. Billy returns, and as his father greets him, the lad pulls out his handkerchief, and in so doing drops the photos of various actresses. His father tells him he has selected a wife for him. Billy refuses to be dictated to and leaves the house in a huff. Lucy's father on her return home, also finds that she has ideas on marriage, and when told that her father has selected a husband for her, she leaves her home and declares she will earn her own living. Answering an ad in the local paper she obtains a situation as governess to a child of three years, the daughter of a justice of the peace. Billy also locates accidentally as chauffeur with the same family, and driving Lucy and the child to the park, they fall in love. One day being caught embracing by the master they declare they wish to get married and he performs the ceremony for them. They then each telephone their respective fathers, who come in hot haste when they hear how they have been thwarted. Imagine their surprise on arrival; each old man finds his child married to the partner he had selected. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Theodore Wharton
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Theodore Wharton
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Updated Nov 19, 1910
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Nov 19, 1910 (United States)

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