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Dir: William Beaudine

A girl shows her brother, Jack, a character picture of her pretty friend, in which she wears glasses, and looks otherwise unattractive. When the young lady comes to visit, Jack sends himself a fake telegram to come to New York. As he is leaving the house the pretty girl is arriving. He suddenly changes his mind, but when he reaches the house she is being entertained by a couple of other young men. In the course of events he kidnaps her, and at the conclusion they are happily married.

Dir: William Beaudine

Bobby has been in the air service but has never got off the ground. He is induced to take the place of an American "ace" at a home party. Things become complicated when his host introduces him to an airplane that he has just purchased.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Back from the Front perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: William Beaudine

Bobby is a college cut-up who is sent down to the farm in the hope that he will mend his ways. Here he meets, along with two pals, a couple of chorus girls who take him for a "rube." Later, still posing as a sod buster, Bobby invades the shop where the show dames are working and manages to create a surprising amount of disturbance.

Dir: William Beaudine

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Petticoats and Pants perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: William Beaudine

A young fellow desires to cure his girl of a bee in her bonnet that she wants to be a missionary to the Cannibal Islands, so he forces one of his pals to impersonate a native and lodges him at the home of his intended.

Dir: William Beaudine

Bobby's chief aim is to prevent his rivals from making love to Florence by making them believe, through various tricks, that her hair and other necessities of life were false, thereby almost losing her himself.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Marrying Molly perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: William Beaudine

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: William Beaudine

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Save Me, Sadie perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: William Beaudine

A young man conceals his marriage for fear of losing his allowance.

Dir: William Beaudine

A wife is given to feeding wandering knights of the road despite her husband's warning that one may molest her. To teach her a lesson, he hires a tramp to steal the silver. When the police, summoned by the husband, arrive, the silver has been restored by the hobo to the wife for her kindness and she learns that the fracas is a frame-up, but forgives the prime mover in restoring her husband to favor.