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Our Willie
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Phillips Smalley
Cast: Pearl White [Willie‘s mother], Chester Barnett [Willie’s father], Joseph Belmont [mother’s new beau], Kathryn Dana
The Crystal Film Company production. / Released 18 May 1913; in a split-reel with Homlock Shermes (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Willie’s Pa and Ma have been divorced, Willie tries to get them to make up, but without avail. Ma has engaged herself to young Belmont. Pa has induced youthful Miss Stuart to consider him as her future husband. Willie plans to reconcile the foolish couple. He is sick and they visit him. Ma brings her youthful fiancé and Pa brings his lady friend. They each object to the other administering to Willie’s wants. In the meantime, the young husband to be and the young wife to be are carrying on a merry flirtation. The elder people leave, taking their young friends with them, before the flirtation is carried too far. The next day the young people meet on the street and Belmont asks Miss Stuart to marry him. She agrees, and they each write a letter to their respective ex-fiancées that they have met sweethearts more to their liking. Willie, meanwhile is conspiring and scheming as to how he can reconcile his parents. He has his friend, Tom, pose as a doctor, and be pretends to be very ill. He has Tom phone for his warring parents. They arrive and are very solicitous as to Willie’s welfare. Willie insists that he is going to die and the supposed doctor agrees with him. Willie then begs his parents to re-marry before he dies and they agree to do it for his sake. Tom phones for a minister, and they are remarried. This seems to have hastened Willie’s recovery, for be immediately jumps out of bed and congratulates them.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 November 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
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