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A Mortgage on His Daughter
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Hank Mann [the villainous mortgage holder], Peggy Pearce [the daughter], Kitty Howe (J.A. Howe) [the father]
L-KO Motion Picture Kompany production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Henry Lehrman. / Released 3 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Hank held a mortgage against father for ten glasses of beer which Hank said he would cancel provided father gave him his daughter in marriage. Father said he would, but he had forgotten another mortgage of twelve glasses of beer which another gentleman had on him, and when Hank came to claim his bride the other gentleman was marrying her. Hank caused such a commotion at the wedding that no one got married. The bride felt very cold towards Hank, and Hank resolved to asphyxiate himself. He compromised on poison, but through an unfortunate mistake father drank more than Hank did. Both Hank and father then imagine they heard the spirits singing, and tried to absorb all the milk on a milk wagon as an emetic. The milkman objected, the nurses and doctors thought their victims were going to get away and some cops tried to stop everyone else. The result was that the ambulance went over a cliff with a lot of sick people, and Hank and father discovered that they had not taken poison at all. Furthermore, there was no wedding and the two prospective grooms lost their mortgages.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 October 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 237 : Website-IMDb.
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