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Love and Graft
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Allen Curtis
Cast: Max Asher [Shultz, the chief of police], Louise Fazenda [Mandy, the chief’s daughter], Bobby Vernon [Bob, Mandy’s sweetheart], Billy Franey
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Joker Comedies]. / Released 19 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bob and Mandy are in love. Mandy’s father, Shultz, is a gruff old chief of police. When the young couple ask for his consent to their marriage, the chief becomes enraged and refuses. The pair of them are then thrown rudely into separate cells of the jail and locked up by the infuriated father. Fate, however, intervenes and shows the sweethearts a way to penetrate the walls and join each other. They cut a hole through the floor of their cell, which looks directly down upon the chief’s desk. Fate still favors them. The police have been warned of terrorizing threats made by blackhanders. Word comes to Shultz to watch out for them. This news makes him nervous. From their vantage point, Bob and Mandy become aware of this, and decide to take advantage of their knowledge. Their subsequent actions demoralize the police force. The lovers escape. The chief is left alone to combat with unseen terrors. His position is awful. Then, too late, he discovers the hoax played by the young people. To uncompromise himself he is obliged to give his consent to their marriage.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 May 2020.
References: Website-IMDb.
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