John Pellet’s Dream (1916)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short
Release: 1916-02-24
Director: Rupert Julian
Writers: Rupert Julian
Language: None | English
Stars: Rupert Julian , Bertram Grassby , Abe Mundon , Elsie Jane Wilson , Sydney Haben , Gerard Alexander
Runtime: 10 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: John Pellet's Dream , John Pellet's Dream (United States of America)
Plot: Parson Gray lives with his wife and daughter, Marcia, in a western town. Due to Marcia's winning personality the Gray house is well known. John Pellet and his two comrades, Carter and Thompson, are in the government survey service and have been enjoying the society of Marcia, while waiting for orders from the government. Each of the three men is straining every effort to win Marcia and it is a sad blow when they receive a notice to carry a survey in the Death Valley country. The three friends reach their territory and spend a few days getting everything in shape. John, thinking of the long hot days, has brought along a supply of beer and at the end of a hot day, the friends are anticipating a good drink. Unfortunately they have diminished their supply more than they thought and the only remaining bottle is a small one, hardly enough for one man's thirst. The friends propose to toss a coin to see who shall get the bottle, but the toss turns out a failure, each man's coin being the same. Accordingly the boys agree to postpone the decision until the next day when the man who can relate the most interesting dream shall get the bottle of beer. Next morning finds the three up early and Carter, as master of ceremonies, suggests they tell their dreams. He tells his first. His dream was that he had won Marcia and saved John from suicide (after he had learned he had lost the girl). Thompson relates his dream. He dreamed that he and Marcia had married and lived happily ever afterwards. John's turn is next and he is slow about starting. Finally he relates the following story: He and Marcia had been married the day the three left town. Marcia had placed a locket about his neck. After the three had arrived in the desert, John was deserted and left to die of thirst. By will power alone he had followed the two and found their camp, and the bottle of beer had saved his life. He ends the story with the statement that he dreamed he was thirsty and drank the beer. The others agree that his dream was wonderful and dash inside to get the beer. Their surprise is great when, the bottle is found empty. They then return to the other man and opening his shirt find a locket around his neck. They agree that he deserved the beer and congratulate him on his success.
IMDB:tt0329243