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Smiling Dan
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Francis Ford
Cast: Joe King [Smiling Dan], Anna Little (Ann Little) [Betty Brown], Robert Stanton [Mr. Carrol], [?] ? [Mrs. Carrol]
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. / Released 14 February 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Dan’s magnetic smile wins for him the sobriquet of “Smiling Dan.” He is engaged to Betty Brown, and stops at her gate every evening on his way home from work. In the settlement is a family named Carrol, who are always quarreling. Carrol keeps an inn, and Dan enters as the couple are in the midst of a terrific quarrel. Dan tries to act as peacemaker, and Mrs. Carrol mistakes his friendliness. One day as he is talking to the woman, advising her to be patient and try to win her husband’s love back, he impulsively puts his arm about her shoulder, and is seen by Betty, who becomes very jealous. Dan and Betty are married, and the Carrols continue their unhappy life. In the inn Mrs. Carrol is weepingly telling Dan her troubles when Carrol comes in. Hot words pass between the two men, and in the encounter Dan is wounded in the arm and Carrol is left ii a dying condition. Dan makes his way home, and when the posse comes to look for him Betty cleverly hides him under her ironing board, covering him with a table cloth. Dan keeps in hiding, and Carrol recovers from his wound. While Betty is at the store Mrs. Carrol goes to Dan and pleads with him to elope with her, but he gently but firmly tells her that he loves his wife dearly, and that his interest in Mrs. Carrol has been nothing but sympathy and friendship. Betty, listening at the window, has her jealous fears removed, and enters the house with a happy smile and a light heart.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 March 2020.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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