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Almost a Bridegroom (1914) Online

Almost a Bridegroom (1914) Online
Original Title :
Almost a Bridegroom
Genre :
Movie / Short / Comedy
Year :
1914
Directror :
Phillips Smalley
Cast :
Charles De Forrest,Vivian Prescott
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.2/10

Vivian and Charlie are in love. Her father objects to Charlie. He drives Charlie away with his cane and carries Vivian home protesting. He locks her in her room. Pa sends Vivian's Ma to ... See full summary

Almost a Bridegroom (1914) Online

Vivian and Charlie are in love. Her father objects to Charlie. He drives Charlie away with his cane and carries Vivian home protesting. He locks her in her room. Pa sends Vivian's Ma to argue with Charlie's Ma and thus break off the love affair. Charlie discovers Vivian's mother there and locks both women in the room. Meanwhile Pa is trying to starve Vivian into seeing things his way. Charlie writes him a letter that a secret society has his wife in its power and unless he consented to his daughter marrying the man of her choice they would hold her prisoner. The old man capitulates and consents to the marriage. Charlie runs home, releases the woman and then goes for a minister. When he arrives Ma has preceded him. When she tells how she had been locked in the room they all have a change of heart. Charlie is kicked out.
Cast overview:
Charles De Forrest Charles De Forrest
Vivian Prescott Vivian Prescott


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Thohelm

This is a low comedy number with a domestic setting. The mothers try to prevent a marriage between the young couple. One of them is detained away from home and the old man "baches" it. The humor in this is very thin and it does not make a strong offering. - The Moving Picture World, April 25, 1914