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Stella Dale has two lovers, Harry Brigham, an artist, is her favorite and the other, a fellow called Smith is the choice of her father. Whenever Mr. Dale finds Stella and the artist alone ... See full summary
Stella Dale has two lovers, Harry Brigham, an artist, is her favorite and the other, a fellow called Smith is the choice of her father. Whenever Mr. Dale finds Stella and the artist alone he tries to break up the party. On one occasion when he turns up with Smith and finds the girl posing for Harry, he sends her away with Smith and intimates to the artist that Smith is his choice. Once he intercepts a letter of Harry's and finds it is to make an engagement for a boating party. He gets Smith and they plan that instead Harry and Stella the governess shall go. Smith, a poor oarsman, catches a crab and after drying for some time they get stranded on an island with no means of getting back. The governess, despite Smith's protests, takes the whiskey bottle and putting a message in it, throws it out to sea. Later the bottle is found by Harry, and, catching sight of the empty boat, he gets a rescue party together. In the meantime, the castaways have rigged up a tent of the steamer rugs and ...

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    • Author: Tygolar
    A farce that falls a good way below the best Edison offerings of its kind and somewhat below the average. Its failure lies in the arbitrary quality of much that happens in it; you can't keep fun in an iron cage and you can't force an audience to laugh. The players have not acted wholly in vain; they made a few laughs and the audience distinctly liked that scene in which the girl (Bessie Learn) comes for her letter (left by Edward Clark) and finds her father (William Bechtel) standing over the place where it is hidden. William Wadsworth and Elizabeth Miller also have good roles. Written by Alice Methley, it has been produced by Ashley Miller. - The Moving Picture World, September 27, 1913
  • Cast overview:
    Bessie Learn Bessie Learn - Stella Dale
    Edwin Clarke Edwin Clarke - Harry Brigham
    William Bechtel William Bechtel - Clark
    William Wadsworth William Wadsworth - Mr. Dale
    Elizabeth Miller Elizabeth Miller - The Governess
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