John is seduced and abandoned by a cruel flirt. Later he learns that his friend Frank is engaged to the same woman. He relates his story to Frank and convinces him to jilt her at the altar.
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Arthur V. Johnson as John Hale
Owen Moore as Frank Allison
Florence Lawrence as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
Marion Leonard as Dorothy Kirk
Mack Sennett as DDorothy's First Suitor / Bartender / At Stock Exchange
Linda Arvidson as Wedding Guest
United States 17 May 1909
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18 November 1909
Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, breaking into another young woman's house in order to steal a photograph.
15 March 1909
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the sweetheart of Veronica, a street singer.
30 August 1909
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story.
29 March 1909
Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and finds himself in a precarious situation.
01 January 1909
Max at an evening party takes a necklace from one of the guests and makes good his escape. The guests and the police set out in pursuit but Max employs some novel methods and among others mounts a boat on the water chute and finally makes good his escape in a balloon which soars far out of reach of his would-be captors.
16 May 1909
Based on characters from Shakespeare's play: When Juliet's father refuses to let Romeo see her, Romeo resorts to extreme measures.
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"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical Tragedy".
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A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public wrath from his own misconduct, has encouraged the persecution of the growing sect of Christians.
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Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to make on this anniversary of their nativity suitable gifts, each to the other, Hardluck has a watch, but no fob.
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A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- that is, until she's saved from the streets by a band of Salvationists.
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