The Great Detective (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1915-12-14
Director: Edwin McKim
Writers: Daniel Ellis , Edwin McKim
Language: None | English
Stars: George Egan , Florence Williams , Patsy De Forest , Davy Don , James Cassady
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Great Detective , The Great Detective (United States of America)
Plot: Hinky Dink swaps money for a tin badge from the Skinnem Detective School, and becomes a full-fledged sleuth. Fate then decrees that he should try to prevent Mrs. Scrapp from giving her worthless husband a much-needed shakedown. Mrs. Scrapp turns on Hinky but her daughter, Gwendolin, slightly ancient in years, saves him from a beating. Mr. Scrapp becomes despondent and almost commits suicide, but as the point of the dagger touches his flesh drawing a drop of blood, he gets cold feet, wipes away the blood with one of his wife's handkerchiefs and instead pretends to have committed suicide by throwing his clothes into the river. Mrs. Scrapp refuses to weep or even get excited over her husband's disappearance. Hinky determines to bring Mr. Scrapp's murderer to justice. Finding the blood stained handkerchief he concludes that Scrapp was first stabbed and then thrown into the river. Calling on the women in the village, he tells of Mr. Scrapp's death. As they weep, he watches closely to see which one of them will bring forth a handkerchief that will look like the one he found. The first one brings forth a big red bandanna; the second dries her eyes with the edge of her skirt; and the third one is Mrs. Scrapp, who grabs the handkerchief. Hinky is now certain that Mrs. Scrapp murdered her husband and he determines to hunt for clues. At night he steals into Mrs. Scrapp's house through the window; she spies him, leaves the dogs outside the window to prevent his escape. Hinky promises Gwendolin to marry her if she will save him and she hides him under the bed where he remains all night because Mrs. Scrapp locks the door and hides the key. Five A.M. Mrs. Scrapp awakens and jumps back startled as her foot comes down on Hinky's head. Hinky manages to escape to the woods where he stumbles across Mr. Scrapp who is cold and hungry, but is afraid to return to his spouse. Mrs. Scrapp, Gwendolin and the constable give chase. Gwendolin again comes to the rescue, and when Mrs. Scrapp sees her nestling in Hinky's arms, her mother heart softens and she gives them her blessing at the altar.
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