The Song of Solomon (1914)
Like his fairly well-known namesake, Solomon was a singer of souls. The only reason that he did not sit on an oriental rug fitfully smiting a lyre was that Mr. Best, who employed him, considered the better results would he obtained by allowing Solomon to sit on a piano stool and smite a piano. But like his great namesake, Solomon had a lot of trouble with a woman. The woman in the case of this latter-day Solomon was not the Queen of Sheba. Her name was Trixie. But this is anticipating our story. The whole business started when Solomon suddenly was visited with an inspiration. A little lilting tune came into his head, and at the first few notes of it, Solomon knew that he had a great popular tune. Unfortunately, at almost the same moment, Solomon had a terrible row with Mr. Best, and was summarily dismissed. Solomon decided that there was only one thing to be done. He must interest Trixie, the comic opera star, in his song. If Trixie sang it, Solomon's fortune was made. Otherwise, but Solomon refused to consider the awful things that might happen. In the innocence of his childlike nature, Solomon called at the theater under the impression that Trixie would see him. Speedily undeceived in this respect, he wrote her a letter which Trixie threw into the fire unopened. Nor did he meet with greater success when he attempted to speak to her in a restaurant. Meanwhile, the necessities of eating and sleeping were putting Solomon's financial affairs in a highly alarming state. When finally he had nothing more to pawn, he decided on one desperately brilliant play. With a suitcase loaded with bricks, he arrived at Trixie's hotel, hired a suite of rooms and rented a piano. Sitting at the latter, he played and sang his song. After two days of disappointment, when Solomon was on the verge of giving up. Trixie heard the song, and sent for the composer. But Solomon, like his namesake, was very wise, and sent word back to Trixie that if she wanted to speak to him, she could come and see him. Trixie came, listened, and accepted the song. A week later, everybody in New York was whistling it. and Solomon was devoting his masterly intellect to the problem of avoiding the income tax.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ashley Miller | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edward Boulden | |
| William Bechtel | |
| Sally Crute | |
| Elizabeth Miller |
