Volume II: Filmography

THE HANDICAP OF BEAUTY

(Falstaff)

April 23, 1915 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Director: Arthur Ellery

Cast: Mignon Anderson, Carey L. Hastings, Ernest Warde, Boyd Marshall, Morgan Jones

ADVERTISEMENT, The Moving Picture World, April 24, 1915:

"Now, you who NEED COMEDY! You who complain of comedy that is vulgar - or comedy that hits the mark only once in a while. Here's the second release of the new Friday comedy brand, FALSTAFF for Friday, April 23rd - The Handicap of Beauty - one reel of refined genuine comedy that IS comedy!"

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, April 10, 1915:

"Mary Rush, a stenographer, is so pretty that she is obliged constantly to change her position because all her employers fall in love with her. Going to apply at the office of a young lawyer, she determines to disguise herself. She combs her hair straight back, puts on spectacles and a severely plain dress - and gets the job. One evening, after the lawyer has left, Mary, who has brought a suitcase to the office, changes her old maid make-up for her prettiest clothes, as she has planned to take dinner with Frances, her younger sister, at a restaurant. Her employer unexpectedly returns and is badly smitten with the attractive girl, whom he takes to be his stenographer's sister. Next day he begs permission to call. He finds Mary at home in her soberest rags. 'Little Sister' is out. Then the phone rings and they learn that Frances is about to marry the man of her choice at the office of the justice of the peace. Determined to stop the ceremony at any cost, Mary hurries into a very becoming hat and coat, and her employer calls a taxi. When she takes off her spectacles he recognizes the girl who has fascinated him the evening before. In the taxi the lawyer loses no time in getting to the point. Arrived at the city hall, they find 'Little Sister' already married to a young man by no means so bad as Mary's horrified fancy had painted him. And the justice is persuaded to perform the service all over again for the newcomers."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, May 1, 1915:

"The story of a pretty girl stenographer who flees from one employer to another because they annoy her. She at last dresses very plainly and wins the love of a good man. This makes quite a pleasing little story."

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