Volume II: Filmography

THE POSTMASTER OF PINEAPPLE PLAINS

(Falstaff)

November 22, 1915 (Monday)

Length: 1 reel (996 feet)

Character: Comedy

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cast: Frank E. McNish (Zeke, the postmaster), Janet Henry (Nell, the village belle), Charles Emerson (Mark Mitchell, her suitor)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, November 20, 1915:

"Zeke, the postmaster, is in love with Nell, the village belle. She, however, cannot endure the old gossip. So she writes a postal instructing Mark Mitchell, her city suitor, to be under her window at midnight. As the lovers anticipated, Zeke's greed proves too much for him. He schemes to impersonate the lover and get the treasure. Meanwhile, Nell's uncle has received a 'Black Hand' letter ordering him to lower $10,000 from his window that evening when he shall hear 'two long whistles.' Uncle takes Nell into his confidence. When Zeke signals below, uncle lowers a heavy chest and dumps a bucketful of water upon his head. Zeke makes a hasty getaway. When, at a safe distance, he opens the chest he discovers a young, frisky and very hungry bull-dog who proceeds to make a lasting impression on the postmaster. Not long after the city chap marries the girl, a postal, written by Nell on her honeymoon, comes into the office. Zeke is shocked and surprised to read thereon: 'Dear uncle, We saw our congressman today and he has promised to make you postmaster. He says Zeke is a public nuisance, as he reads everybody's mail.'"

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, November 20, 1915:

"A rural comedy in which the postmaster, bearded and gray, loves the young woman of the village with her father's approval. A younger lover wins the girl and elopes with her. Some of the comedy of the picture is gotten out of the postmaster's addiction to reading other people's mail."

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