In the Plumber's Grip (1915)
With her kitchen flooded as the result of the bursting of a pipe Gertie's next door neighbor rushes out to get the plumber. Harry, the plumber, is unfortunately Gertie's sweetheart, and instead of answering the call to fix the defective pipe he stops in to see Gertie. His helper, an irresponsible fellow, rather than assume the task and responsibility of fixing the pipe, sits down and takes a nap while the woman goes frantic with anxiety. Meanwhile Harry and Gertie are in close embrace in Gertie's comfortable sitting room. Gertie's father joins in, and when Harry suggests marriage there is a scene. Without ceremony he is ejected and on the way out says that he will not mend the water pipes for Gertie's ruthless father should they burst from the cold. Harry enters the kitchen of the family next door and eventually fixes the pipe. In the meantime. Gertie resolves to get even with father and chops a hole in the pipe. Water spurts out and in a short time the place is flooded. Father is aroused by a drop on his bald head. The whole family begins to rush wildly about and soon the water is up to their knees. They rush from one room to another, but cannot find the leak. Gertie, at the right moment, goes in and gets Harry. He locates the leak and as he stands near the young geyser, states that unless he is given Gertie in marriage he will not stop the leak. Father, in a fury refuses. Then Harry starts to walk, or paddle, out of the room. All are standing knee-deep in water. Father calls him back and consents grudgingly. A crowd of persons, who had been waiting for Harry to seek his assistance in their respective houses, follow Harry into Gertie's house and all stand in the water. In the crowd there is a minister, and after he has been buffeted about in the deep water for some time is pressed into service and marries the two. Forthwith, Harry gets at the leak, after he has been interrupted in his lovemaking by the irate father. The concluding scene shows all of them standing in the water.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Guy Cunningham | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Saul Harrison | |
| Bessie Learn |
