Herbert Brief is a successful and respectable lawyer. He has fallen in love with Norah, the daughter of parents who look upon him as a model of all the virtues. Norah, however, against the ... See full summary
Getting Even with the Lawyer (1910) Online
Herbert Brief is a successful and respectable lawyer. He has fallen in love with Norah, the daughter of parents who look upon him as a model of all the virtues. Norah, however, against the wishes of her parents has a great liking for Fred Dauber, a penniless artist. Dauber has a lady friend, who, like himself, is a student of art. To her he confides his troubles and begs her to help him. She agrees, and a note is dispatched by her to the barrister. In it she professes her admiration for his eloquence and makes an appointment to meet him after he comes from court. Herbert meets her and is persuaded into going to her studio, where he is lured into posing as a model in fancy dress. Other students come in, and when the fun is at its highest Norah and her parents enter. Bitter is the disillusion of the latter as they gaze upon their prospective son-in-law and his company, and Dauber, seizing his opportunity, obtains the consent of Norah's parents to his marriage to their daughter.
Original French title is undetermined.
Released in the US as a split reel along with Brise-glace en Finlande (1909).