Revised list of high-class original motion picture films (1908)

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COMEDY. veranda. The attraction appears to be mutual, and something like a flirtation takes place between the girl and the judge. The young lady has evidently made an impression on the legal gentleman, as his auto with suspicious quickness returns, and a pretended breakdown gives him an opportunity of making the acquaintance of the girl. The judge goes toward the house, but she evidently does not recognize him at first or pretends not to, and throws a pan of water out of the window, which, unfortunately, falls on the judge, so startling Mim that he falls into a cellar and sprains his ankle severely. Then the natural good nature of the girl asserts itself, and she invites the judge into the house, but in his pain he sits down on the edge of the table without noticing that it is set with dishes, and causes a bad smashup of crockery. The farmer enters at this moment, and, enraged at the destruction, throws the judge out of the house, without knowing who he is, but his daughter, explaining the situation to him, he helps the judge into the house again and furnishes him with a suit of his own clothes. The judge now proposes to return home, and the young lady endeavors to assist him with the automobile, but unfortunately a more serious accident occurs, and the young man is thrown from the auto just as it is starting and is rendered unconscious. He is again carried into the house, and the family unite in efforts to revive him, and he leaves for the city, having first obtained a copy of the girl's photo. The girl, left alone, solaces herself with a letter from the judge, but is discovered by her father, who reads the letter and obtains a clue. The farmer visits the city, and going first to the judge's chambers, obtains his home address, when mutual explanations follow, resulting in an invitation to the girl's home, and the happiness of the young couple follows as a matter of course. A big success, and ready for immediate delivery. S. F. 2633-2640. WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT A Price, $72.00. MOTHER-IN-LAW ? Approximate Length, 600 feet. The adventures of a sporty married man and his still more sporty father-in-law, who have been amusing themselves "not wisely. but too well," afford a theme which has been so cleverly worked out in this picture as to produce one of the most amusing comedies ever presented through the medium of moving pictures, and one 211