Wanted... A Chaperone (1915)
Jack and his father live at the beach; Eddie and his mother live in the city, while Lee, Eddie's pal, lives alone. Eddie invites Jack for a visit and on the way to the city Jack meets two young ladies, Victoria and her sister. Jack and Victoria's sister leave the train at a country station to pick flowers and are left behind as the train pulls out, leaving Victoria on the train alone. Eddie and his friend Lee go to the station to meet Jack, but he is not among the incoming passengers. Victoria overhears their conversation which leads her to believe that the young man they are expecting is the one who is left behind with her sister. She volunteers the information, which the boys accept gladly and all leave for the country station where the pair was left, rescue them and bring them back to the city. Eddie and Jack become great friends with the girls and Jack proposes they all go down to the beach together. Jack writes his father asking to be allowed to invite the girls to come back with them. Father replies to the letter, consenting with the provision that they secure Eddie's mother as chaperone. All are delighted and Eddie goes to ask his mother's consent. She, however, has just received a telegram which calls her to the bedside of Eddie's uncle, who is seriously ill. The boys are in a quandary. Eddie seizes upon a scheme of making Lee up as Eddie's mother to thus pacify Jack's father at the beach. They figure their scheme will be a success as the two have never met. Lee proves a rather stubborn chaperone, but is well received by the girls, who immediately take a great liking to him. to the great disgust of Jack and Eddie. Upon their arrival at the beach, Jack's father immediately falls in love with Lee (disguised as Eddie's mother), which leads to many peculiar situations. Eddie's real mother returns home, her patient having been pronounced out of danger and leaves for the beach to join the boys. Complications follow, and of course, Lee is found out. Jack's father easily switches his affections to the real mother and after explanations, all are happy.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Eddie Lyons | Director |
| Alfred Smith | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lee Moran | |
| Victoria Forde | |
| Eddie Lyons | |
| Billie Rhodes |
