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In High Life (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy

In High Life (1914)

Short | Short, Comedy

Wood B. Wedd and his friend, Darby Jenks, were in distinctly straitened circumstances. They had exhausted all possible sources of credit, and they could not possibly pay their hotel bill. At last. Darby hotly demanded that Wood B. take ...See moreWood B. Wedd and his friend, Darby Jenks, were in distinctly straitened circumstances. They had exhausted all possible sources of credit, and they could not possibly pay their hotel bill. At last. Darby hotly demanded that Wood B. take immediate steps to better their position. Wood B. was perfectly willing to do anything within reason, except work, so he asked Darby if he had any ideas. Darby had a very good idea. It was simply that Wood B. should marry Amanda Muggs, the rich heiress. Wood B. was delighted. The proposition appealed at once to his romantic and mercenary instincts. So he went out with Darby to call on Amanda. Amanda was very glad to see him. So was her father when he understood that the young man wanted to marry his daughter. But in spite of it all, Wood B. did not make a hit. To begin with, he was distinctly ill at ease in the gorgeous surroundings in which his new beloved lived. He began by shaking hands with the footman, and breaking a magnificent Chinese vase. Then he spilled tea on Amanda's aunt. Finally, when Amanda's father offered him a drink. Wood B. did curious things with the siphon, effectually drenching the entire party. Amanda's father quite properly ordered him out of the house. But Amanda insisted on his staying and took him into the drawing room. When father found Wood B.'s borrowed hat and cane in the hall he demolished them and started for Wood B. with a long sword. Wood B. rushed to the pantry, and got into the dumbwaiter. By sturdy hauling on the ropes, he managed to evade the furious Mr. Muggs. Finally Mr. Muggs cut the rope, and Wood B. and the dumbwaiter fell down to the kitchen. The chef, excited by Mr. Muggs' ferocious pursuit of the dumbwaiter, stuck his head in the shaft just as the dumbwaiter fell. The result was heart rendering. At last, thanks to the efforts of the faithful Darby, Wood B. managed to escape from the indignant father. When they arrived at their hotel, a fresh blow awaited them. A neat notice, pasted on the door of their room, informed them that the hospitality of the house would not he extended to them any longer, unless an immediate cash payment was made on account. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William Wadsworth Wood B. Wedd Wood B. Wedd See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Arthur Housman Darby Jenks Darby Jenks See fewer	Sunrise (1927)
Ida Williams Amanda Muggs - the Hostess (as Mrs. C.Jay Williams) Amanda Muggs - the Hostess (as Mrs. C.Jay Williams) See fewer	Caste (1913)

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