Red Sweeney’s Mistake (1913)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short
Release: 1913-01-15
Director: George Melford
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: Carlyle Blackwell , Marin Sais , William H. West , Jane Wolfe , Knute Rahm
Runtime: 27 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Red Sweeney's Mistake , Red Sweeney's Mistake (United States of America)
Plot: Red Sweeney, living by his wits, makes a humorous mistake which results in a protracted visit in jail. Harry and George each purchase a stick pin with brilliant imitation diamonds for 25 cents, and when they return to the office their employer, Mr. Goodwin, is deceived by the cheap jewelry. Goodwin is induced to wear one of the pins in his tie as a joke, and when he steps from his office he is accosted by Red Sweeney, who begs the price of a meal. As Goodwin is extricating some change from his pocket, the pin catches Red's eye and he makes away with it. Goodwin is almost convulsed with laughter as he thinks of the thief's poor selection, but he decides that the man should be punished in any event and he informs the police. Red returns to his shack and extracting the pin's setting, places it in a ring which he hands to Rose, his accomplice, to pawn. The pawnbroker is suspicious when the ring is offered to him and slipping out the back door, he summons an officer. Rose, becoming alarmed, makes her escape but is finally apprehended. A woman detective at headquarters dons Rose's clothes and, carefully veiled, she enters Sweeney's abode. Red asks for a report and is confronted by the detective's revolver. The thief is taken to the station house and Mr. Goodwin is called. When Red and Rose are brought before him, Goodwin takes the supposed gem and smashes it into a powder with one blow of the sergeant's pistol. "What do you know about that?" exclaims the disgusted Sweeney to Rose. Then turning to the sergeant, he remarks, "Lock us both up till we get some sense."
IMDB:tt0003321