The Mascot (1914)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1914-09-06
Director: Edward Dillon
Writers: Russell E. Smith
Language: None | English
Stars: Fay Tincher , Tod Browning , Max Davidson
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Mascot , The Mascot (United States of America)
Plot: The suitor for Fay's hand runs up against her father, who refuses his attentions to his daughter because he is lacking in this world's goods, and the suitor goes away discouraged. Soon after, a traveler comes to town with a Hindu image he has stolen in India, a Mascot of the Gods, and trailed by two Hindu priests who have sworn to kill the person they find with it in their possession. Closely pursued by the Hindus, the traveler in passing Fay's home, hastily throws it in the open window, hitting the father, who thinks his daughter gave it to him in that unceremonious manner. Being a nut collector of antiques and things, the old man is delighted with it. Later, however, he reads in a paper that the Hindus have threatened death to the possessor of the Mascot of their Gods and the father is scared stiff. The police have been offered a large reward for the return by the Hindus, who have left town, but when the collector offers the Mascot they refuse to have anything to do with it, scared of their lives. The collector then has all sorts of hard luck trying to get rid of the Mascot, but with no luck at all. The suitor finally reads of the death threat and with a pal, and in the confidence of Fay. he dresses up as a Hindu and with his pal call on the father and offer to return the Mascot for a consideration, a sum of money and Fay's hand, and father is obliged to consent. The real Hindus return and the suitor runs into them and is forced to disgorge the Mascot and the money, but as he has the girl he is content.
IMDB:tt0806796