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Kalem Company — The International Producers.
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GETTING FATHER’S GOAT
A Marshal Neilan Comedy
CAST
Judge Barr CHARLES INSLEE
Helen, his daughter ETHEL TEARE
Jack Flint, a young clubman MARSHAL NEILAN
Producer, MARSHAL NEILAN Released Friday, January 1st
JUDGE BARR’S daughter Helen grows tired of society life and decides she would a reporter be. The judge’s influence secures her a position on the Evening “Scoop.”
Helen is in her father’s court the following day, when Jack, a young cluhman, is fined for speeding. The two are mutually attracted. The same day, Helen’s employer informs her of his intention to start a reform movement. The reporter thereupon departs to dig up some material for her paper.
Sheer accident leads her to discover a gambling house. Unknown to Helen, her father and Jack are in the place engaging in a poker contest. Each is out for the other’s scalp. Jack is getting the best of the judge. Meanwhile, the reporter notifies the police and engineers a raid.
Judge Barr has just signed an I. O. U. when the officers enter, Although all other persons are captured, Helen's father makes his escape. The girl finds his I. O. U. on the table and appropriates it. Rapid foot work enables Judge Barr to be in court when the prisoners are brought in.
Remembering his losses, the magistrate, in revenge, sentences Jack to ten days at hard labor. Helen, however, attracts her father’s attention. Showing him the I. O. U., she terrifies him into freeing Jack. Rater, the judge comes upon the boy in the act of embracing Helen. The father separates the two but Helen again waves the tell-tale paper in his face and the judge is glad to allow the two to love each other in peace.