Volume II: Filmography

GRACE'S GORGEOUS GOWNS

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British release title: GRACE'S GLORIOUS GOWNS

(Falstaff)

January 18, 1916 (Tuesday)

Length: 1 reel (1,013 feet)

Character: Comedy

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cast: Riley Chamberlin (lawyer), Louise Emerald Bates (Grace Galoon), Claude Cooper, Frances Keyes (Mathilde Jenks, an old maid), Bert Delaney (Will Wilkins, a young lifeguard)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, January 15, 1916:

"Grace always has longed to possess all the beautiful gowns she could wear. An erratic aunt dies and leaves her her heart's desire. The news comes while Grace is taking dictation from her employer. Leaving a farewell note, she takes her departure. The aunt had had a dress-making establishment, and Grace is overjoyed to find that she is in possession of money and gorgeous gowns. She hires a maid, engages a private car, and goes to Whirlpool Beach. Will Wilkins, a handsome lifeguard, makes Grace's acquaintance. It is a case of love at first sight. The humble lifeguard, however, might never have proposed to an heiress had it not happened that a later will of the erratic aunt is discovered appointing Mathilde Jenks her heir. The vengeful woman arrives at Whirlpool Beach and strips Grace of all her glory. Left alone in the world with only a bathing suit, Grace suffers Will to take her hand. Then she tells him that he has won it forever."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, January 15, 1916:

"An amusing comedy, in which a girl stenographer falls heir to her aunt's millinery business. The girl, instead of selling the gowns, wears them at the beach, making a decided sensation. Then another will is found, leaving everything to another. This is quite original and pleasing."

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