Volume II: Filmography

CAPERS OF COLLEGE CHAPS

(Falstaff)

October 11, 1915 (Monday)

Length: 1 reel (1,016 feet)

Character: Comedy

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cast: Riley Chamberlin, Barnett Parker, William Carroll

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, October 23, 1915:

"The college glee club was touring the large cities. Two of the members were great sleepers, and the morning that the club was to go back to college the 'sleepy-heads' slumbered peacefully. Their comrades decided that it would be a good joke to 'maroon' the two in the town, so they departed on an early train, thoughtfully taking the money of the sleepers. One of the boys advised wiring their folks for cash, but his companion immediately vetoed the proposition, explaining that he was engaged to be married, and that his fiancée, a girl with an extremely keen sense of humor, would tease him unmercifully. So the two young men went out in search of employment and found it in a dance hall. One of the principal diversions besides the dancing was furnished by an earnest reformer, who made a practice of stealing into the place and, in stentorian tones, calling upon the dancers to repent. The reformer always kept an eye out for the 'bouncer' of the place, a very husky person, who had many times seized the crank and cast him bodily into the street.

"Graduation day came and the prospective bridegroom made plans for his wedding. His friend, 'sleepy-head,' was to be best man. Invitations were sent out, but the dance hall owner was not invited. However, he read about the wedding and liking his former musicians, decided to attend. The wedding day arrived and with it a number of interesting and exciting developments. The uncle of the bride turned out to be the reformer who had raced in and out of the dance hall. 'I have seen you young men before,' he declared, addressing the groom and the best man. With this comforting assurance he turned to meet the other guests, and as the two college boys were wondering what they should do they glanced out of the window and saw the dance hall owner coming up the steps. They waylaid him in the hallway, and when the bride came downstairs her future husband confessed the truth. Her sense of humor saved the situation. The dance hall owner was recognized by the reformer, however, and he hastened away to tell his sister, the bride's mother, that she was about to add a dance hall musician to her family. But before the reformer could find the girl's mother the dance hall 'bouncer' arrived with a message for his employer. The old fear came to the heart of the reformer and with a wild shriek he rushed from the house without revealing the secret of the groom."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, October 23, 1915:

"A comedy number of the better type, in which two stranded college boys, members of a glee club, sing and play in a wine room for an evening. When one of them marries he is surprised to receive a visit from the bartender, with a present of flowers. The bride is also surprised, but her anger is appeased when she learns the truth. A good number."

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