Father’s Lucky Escape (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1915-11-13
Director: Horace Davey
Writers: Al Christie , Malcolm Strong
Language: None | English
Stars: Ray Gallagher , Billie Rhodes , Neal Burns , Harry L. Rattenberry , Stella Adams
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Father's Lucky Escape , Father's Lucky Escape (United States of America)
Plot: Neil is in love with a popular actress. Father, hearing this, remonstrates with his son, threatening to disown him if he continues. The actress has a host of admirers and one of the most ardent is the manager. That night Neil attends the show and his lady love looks better than ever. Father, in order to cool his anger, takes mother to the same show and, seeing, the flirtation between their only son and the actress, are very much wrought up. When the act is over the manager meets the actress behind the scenes and tries to "pan" her for encouraging Neil, but she spiritedly tells him to mind his own business. Neil arrives and takes the girl to a restaurant for refreshments. The manager follows them and his jealousy flames up when he sees the attention the girl pays to Neil. The actress, in order not to break with the manager, shows him some attention, and this gets Neil peeved. He leaves her. Arriving home, he and father have it out, and Neil is finally kicked out for good. Not being a son of the "idle rich," he immediately looks for work. The first place he finds is a job as waiter and upon learning that it is the same place he has been patronizing he is undecided, but realizing his penniless condition he accepts. In order to keep the girl from finding out his low position he decides on a disguise. That night after the show the manager takes the actress to a café. It happens to be the one where Neil works. He sees them enter and a scheme to overthrow his rival immediately occurs to him. He takes their order, which he transfers to a brother waiter. The manager is peeved, but the girl insists on Neil joining them. They have a merry party and Neil insists on ordering only the best, and some of the rival's resentment gives way when Neil tells him that he is "standing" the bill. Neil leaves on a pretext. He then resumes his disguise as a waiter and demands the bill. The manager is flustered and is forced to borrow money from his fair companion. She "gets wise" to Neil's disguise and between the two of them the manager's downfall is complete. Ray decides he will not take any more chances, so he marries the girl the next day. Neil breaks the news to father, thinking that perhaps he will relent, but on the contrary, father is angrier than ever. The actress then decides that she will take a hand in the game. She makes an appointment with father, who. Although old, still enjoys a meal with a "chicken." The next night father takes her to the restaurant where Ray is waiter. The actress flirts with father, who places his arm around her. Ray throws the curtains aside and they are discovered. It is up to father to forgive them or take the consequences. He forgives them and takes them home to mother, who receives them with open arms. Father acknowledges that he has had a lucky escape.
IMDB:tt0326868