Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1915-11-19
Director: Al Christie
Writers: Al Christie
Language: None | English
Stars: Eddie Lyons , Lee Moran , Betty Compson , George B. French , Gus Alexander , Ethel Lynne , Ray Gallagher , Billie Rhodes , Harry L. Rattenberry , Stella Adams
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Wanted: A Leading Lady (United States of America) , Wanted: A Leading Lady
Plot: The Nestor company is about to be disrupted because of the lack of a leading lady. That night the director attends an opera performance. You can imagine his joy when he notices one of the performers is a very pretty girl and the ideal type for a leading lady. He quickly makes her acquaintance and she is engaged on the spot by him. When the new leading woman arrives, Eddie and Lee at once fall in love with her, and rush to show her around the place. But the director, wishing to make up for lost time, orders all to make up for a new picture. Eddie, however, gains the lady's promise to allow him to bring her out each morning in his "real" car. Next morning Eddie takes the new leading lady into his car and they set out. But it is quite a distance to Universal City, and on the way his "real" car has a mishap. Lee, coming along, sees his predicament and persuades the girl to get in with him, lest she be late for the first morning. She does so, and Eddie is left bewailing his bad luck. Lee's exuberance receives a setback when he is selected to play the villain in the new play Eddie is given the hero part, much to his delight. They rehearse the scene which is laid about a girl's college in a fictitious town. Eddie and Lee are at outs on every occasion, and each complains about the other's methods. Lee finally gets a pistol and breaks up the set. That evening, while they are arguing as to who shall take the girl home, Gus, the smallest actor of the lot, calmly walks off with the girl and Eddie and Lee pledge their long friendship anew, vowing that a woman will never come between them again.
IMDB:tt0006239