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Putting Papa to Sleep (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

Putting Papa to Sleep (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

Daughter wishes to marry the Young-Man-of-Her-Choice. But Papa shuts her up in her room. She manages, however, to smuggle out a note to her sweetheart, telling him that that evening she is going to dope Papa's wine, and that she will ...See moreDaughter wishes to marry the Young-Man-of-Her-Choice. But Papa shuts her up in her room. She manages, however, to smuggle out a note to her sweetheart, telling him that that evening she is going to dope Papa's wine, and that she will depend upon her lover to have a ladder ready beneath her bedroom window. The note is read by a crook. He plots with his pal to rob Papa's safe. The pal, disguised as a cook, obtains a position in Papa's household. That evening, Daughter, on whom, meanwhile, Papa has taken pity and whom he has released, puts an opiate into the decanter of wine, pours out a tempting glass for Papa, and runs upstairs to pack her bag. Papa, having a headache, decides not to indulge in wine. He turns it back into the decanter and goes to bed. Meanwhile Daughter and the Young-Man-of-Her-Choice have eloped in an automobile. The coast being clear, the "cook" admits his pal, and they advance upon the safe. Papa is roused. He comes upon the crooks, who hold him up at the point of a gun and force him to exchange clothes with the cook's accomplice. When the police arrive they arrest Papa for rifling his own safe. The lovers have stopped to make a tire change. The tire rolls away down the street, and the man and the girl give frenzied pursuit. A strange young man waylays the runaway tire and claims it for his own. The dispute is interrupted by a policeman who marches all three to the station house. Here Papa, Daughter and Sweetheart are brought face to face. Papa's identity is established, and the officers rush back to recover the real thieves. They find them well doped with the opiated wine. Papa gets back all his money and his valuable papers intact. In his gratitude to the elopers, he drops the automobile tire around them and proclaims his blessing. Meanwhile the two' policemen have taken a pull at the wine, and marched off the bogus cook and his companion. The wine soon works upon the officers of the law. Both thieves escape, while their captors, overcome with sleep, succumb in the middle of the sidewalk. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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3 cast members

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Charles Hutchison Actor Actor See fewer	Lightning Hutch (1926)
Edith Thornton Actress Actress See fewer	The Fatal Plunge (1924)
Will Browning Actor Actor See fewer	Rip Van Winkle Badly Ripped (1915)