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  • There's Many a Slip (1915)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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There's Many a Slip (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy
Three boys love the one girl, and when they all call upon her at the same time she becomes befuddled and tells them to come back on the morrow. The boys leave and stop on the way at a cigar store. Neal makes a sneak back, but is missed and...See moreThree boys love the one girl, and when they all call upon her at the same time she becomes befuddled and tells them to come back on the morrow. The boys leave and stop on the way at a cigar store. Neal makes a sneak back, but is missed and they chase him to the door, dragging him back. Next day they are all in suspense. Ben is a believer in the old adage: "The early bird gets the worm," and leaves early for the house. As he is reconnoitering around he sees a man tacking up a big yellow diphtheria quarantine sign nearby. He gets a brilliant scheme and stealthily removes the sign, placing it on the girl's door. He then goes in and pleads his cause. The other boys come around, see the sign, and retreat in haste. After hearing Ben's story of mistreatment by the boys the girl finally consents to marry him. Meanwhile, the health office guards have arrived at the house reported as quarantined, but find an error in the number, so take it for granted that the girl's house is the one meant to be quarantined. They surround the house just as Ben and the girl start out. They are halted at the door and ordered back. The same treatment is given them at the rear. Finally, in desperation, the boy, in order that the girl will keep her promise, gets her out the window and they make a getaway, closely pursued by the guards and the boys, who have wandered back to the scene. The old doctor arrives at his patient's house and finds the sign removed. He is in a rage when he learns that the sign has been placed on another house. Just at this time the guards arrive with Ben and the girl. The other boys, realizing that he has "double crossed" them, manage to lay the blame on him and the doctor orders him to be taken in and given the extreme penalty. The girl decides she didn't want to marry after all, and celebrates her freedom by taking both boys to the ball game, while her erstwhile lover is being cast into the dark dungeon. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Horace Davey
Writer
Bennett Cohen (scenario) (as Bennett R. Cohen)
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Updated Jul 19, 1915
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Jul 19, 1915 (United States)

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