The Run on Percy (1915)
Percy Pinkham has invested all his money in the "Bloom Center Bugle" and has no funds left to pay his bills. He cannot even pay his colored washerwoman, who proceeds to beat up Percy and his news printer's "devil." Percy writes his uncle asking for a loan. The old man comes to investigate his nephew's conduct and finds him playing poker. He then writes Percy a note saying that Percy must marry some Bloom Center girl within twenty-four hours; that if Percy takes this action he will be given a farm, but that if he does not marry within that time he will be disinherited. Johnny West, correspondent for the County Seat newspaper, embodies Percy's uncle's proposition in a newspaper story and all the girls with matrimonial inclinations make a run on Percy. Percy asks Margaret Tate, his sweetheart, to marry him at once. She agrees, but a moment later her mother enters with a newspaper containing the story of Percy's order to marry, and Margaret, thinking Percy is mercenary, refuses to wed. Percy dodges the crowd, sneaks home and writes a letter to his uncle saying that in justice to the girl he loves he cannot marry within twenty-four hours. Then he goes to Margaret and tells her that he has sacrificed his inheritance for her. She realizes that he really loves her. A letter is then delivered to Percy written by his uncle, in which the uncle states that the previous letter was only a plot to make Percy realize the seriousness of life and the value of a good wife.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Sidney Smith | Director |
| Maibelle Heikes Justice | Writer |
| William Lord Wright | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Hutchison | |
| John Lancaster | |
| Ralph McComas | |
| William Scott |
