Her Masterful Man (1912)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1912-02-29
Director: Archer MacMackin
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: Maude Leone , Helen Dunbar , Mildred Weston , Howard Missimer
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Her Masterful Man , Her Masterful Man (United States of America)
Plot: Martin Ryerson, a wealthy suitor, is rejected by his fiancée, Barbara, who tells him she wants a masterful man, one who will win her by force, not a moneyed idler. Returning for his forgotten cane, Ryerson hears Barbara telling her aunt she would rather marry a coal-man, who is outside in the street, than wed Ryerson. This gives Ryerson a great idea. Descending to the cellar, he bribes the coal-man to change clothes with him, smears up his face and hair, then returns to the library and makes the biggest kind of a hit with Barbara, who, not recognizing him, plans his social culture to the great disgust of her aunt. After several calls, each time in his grimy disguise, Ryerson finally hits on a plan to conquer Barbara, secures the use of his coal-man friend's rooms, then sends a note to Barbara that he is "turrible sick" and to come at once. Barbara does so, is locked in by her "coal-man," who flashes a marriage license before her eyes and savagely declares she will have to marry him. She manages to drop a note for help from the window, help arrives in the form of a minister and two policemen, whereupon Ryerson reveals his real identity and Barbara, realizing he has indeed won her by "force," yields her heart and hand.
IMDB:tt1123932