Volume II: Filmography

BEATEN AT THE BATH

(Falstaff)

January 27, 1916 (Thursday)

Length: 1 reel (1,015 feet)

Character: Comedy

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cast: Barbara Gilroy (Margery, the girl), Jay C. Yorke (Harry Congdon, her fiancé), Arthur Cunningham (wealthy banker), Billy Swan (robber), Frances Keyes (maid)

Note: The title appeared erroneously as Beaten at the Path in several listings.

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, January 22, 1916:

"Margery's father is determined that his daughter shall marry an elderly banker, and Margery is equally determined that she will marry no one save Harry Congdon. Harry is a poor, young clerk. Father has told him that not until he has saved $1,000 shall he have his daughter. Lacking still $800 of the amount, the young lover is reduced to despair. One day a thief in a checked suit snatches the rich banker's watch and disappears into a public bath. The banker dives in after him. He is forced to undergo the tortures of the 'hot room' before the authorities will allow him to search for his watch, and meanwhile, the thief has managed to jump into Harry's clothing and make his escape. Harry, attired in the checked suit, is arrested by the banker, and the watch is found in his pocket. His arrest takes place in the presence of his sweetheart and her father, so that his humiliation seems complete. The real thief, however, is jailed, too, and his confession exonerates Harry, who promptly brings a suit for false arrest against the banker - and gets an $800 check."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, January 22, 1916:

"A comedy number, featuring Arthur Cunningham and others. Some of the scenes occur in a Turkish bath and are quite breezy in their display of masculine pulchritude. The plot itself is only fairly strong."

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