The Incorrigible Dukane (1915)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short
Release: 1915-09-02
Director: James Durkin
Writers: George C. Shedd , Russell E. Smith
Language: None | English
Stars: John Barrymore (I) (1882–1942) , William T. Carleton , Helen Weir , Stewart Baird , William MacDonald , William Meech , Freeman Barnes , Thomas F. Fallon , Pauline Merriam
Runtime: 40 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Incorrigible Dukane (United States of America) , The Incorrigible Dukane
Plot: The incorrigible Dukane, more familiarly known as Jimmy, has been leading the gay life of a millionaire's son, Dukane, Sr., being the wealthy owner of a concrete construction company. But his frivolity has finally drawn upon him the parental wrath and ended his allowance. So it becomes necessary for Jimmy to go to work. He is sent out to the west, where his father's company is building a dam. Jimmy expects to be superintendent, but en route to the west a tramp steals his clothes, leaving his own discarded clothes. Clad in this sad uniform, Dukane arrives at the scene of the dam and tells the burly superintendent that he is Dukane, Jr., and has come to manage the job. The superintendent politely tells him to go to work with a pick and shovel at $2.00 a day. The surprises and adventures that ensue from this point, the development of the romance between himself, in the guise of a stone-cutter, and the daughter of the ranch owner who is fighting his father's company from building on his land, and his ultimate triumph in exposing the treacherous engineer who is cheating his father by substituting a cheap product for concrete, make a lively and very enjoyable photoplay.
IMDB:tt0005545