The Kid from the Klondike (1911)
"Kid" Bolton, having made a stake of about fifty thousand dollars in the Klondike, decides to go back to the States and is given a rousing send-off by the boys. In Seattle he purchases new clothes, a silk hat and jewelry, and manages to become acquainted with a pretty stenographer, Ollie, at the hotel. He falls in love with her and shortly afterward proposes, only to be rejected. But he bobs up serenely and proposes again, this time dictating his proposal to Ollie, who writes it for him and charges him a twenty-five cent fee. Upon receiving this unique offer, she decides to accept him, but only on condition that he obtains her father's consent. This is quite satisfactory to the "Kid," and he starts for Chicago to visit his future father-in-law. On the train he confides to a fellow passenger that he has made a fortune in the Klondike, whereupon the stranger decides to try to get some easy money from him. He invites him to a dinner, where he introduces him to two young women, his confederates, to whom he conveys the news that he has found an easy mark by telegraphing with a knife on a glass of water. The "Kid," however, thoroughly familiar with telegraphy, gets the message also and is warned that he is among sharpers. Arriving in Chicago, he writes Ollie's father that he would like to see him. The next day his train acquaintances arrive in an auto to take him out and show him the town. He leaves all his money and valuables with the clerk and joins them, riding out to a roadhouse, where they have a sumptuous dinner. When the bill is presented, his friend asks the "Kid" to pay, but he has no money, and the proprietor orders them both thrown out of the place. Next day at his hotel, the "Kid" receives Ollie's father, but when they come face to face, he finds that he is none other than the proprietor of the roadhouse. Naturally he will not have such a man as the "Kid" must be for a son-in-law, and rushes out in a rage. But the "Kid" refuses to be beaten and taking his friend, the grafter, with him, decides to beard the lion in his den. He finds Ollie's father dining tete-a-tete with the two girls and by threatening to tell his daughter he soon obtains his written consent to marry Ollie. Ollie arrives and the wedding bells ring out.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Rex Beach | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harold M. Shaw | |
| Reeva Greenwood | |
| John R. Cumpson | |
| Edward Boulden |
