"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger boy requesting her to "wear this" if she does. The boy delivers the note and a package which the young lady opens and finds an old pair of trousers and other masculine wearing apparel.
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Gilbert M. Anderson as Cholly
Edwin S. Porter Director
United States 14 October 1903
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1903:
29 June 1903
This is in every respect a stunning picture, though somewhat bohemian in subject. It depicts in six scenes, six lively hours at New York City's famous Tenderloin dance hall, "The Haymarket.
18 July 1903
A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.
01 January 1903
A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from the crest of the hill, a position of vantage they held in the beginning of the fray.
11 June 1903
One of the first Swedish sound films, the audio has been lost though.
01 January 1903
A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.
01 January 1903
The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge parties, singly and in groups, sliding past the camera.
01 January 1903
On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn.
08 July 1903
Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience.
18 January 1903
A merchant is giving a demonstration of his lifelike automatons to a bedazzled customer. Could these "larger than life" clockwork figures look too good to be true?
01 January 1903
This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high on either hand.
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