Betty in the Lions' Den (1913)
As a hero-worshiper, especially of the long-haired, silk-tied, eccentric kind, Mrs. Kate Long has no comparison. They congregate at her house and are lionized to their hearts' content. There is the bent, stoop-shouldered, white-haired scientist; the long-haired, saucer-eyed musical genius; the long-haired poet; the Hamlet-like tragedian; the artist with flowing tie and Parisian style, together with the dapper French count; and the Lord knows who. To this throng of celebrities, Mrs. Long introduces her pretty country niece Betty, who loves and is engaged to Tom, her manly country sweetheart. Mrs. Long insists that Betty shall marry a celebrity. "No country bumpkin," says she. So Betty, dressed in the latest, most expensive gowns, mischievously agrees. All the celebrities fall in love with her, to the great displeasure of Miss Zigger, a skinny old maid. Betty wires to Tom that her aunt needs a coachman and to come on. Tom gets the place. Betty reads in a newspaper about some Brazilian extract which imparts strange feelings to people. She buys some of it and pours it on her gloves and whoever she touches, goes temporarily foolish, tearing around like all possessed. Betty demoralizes the whole place, and the ambulance, the police patrol, the insane asylum wagon, and a force of policemen are needed to handle the crazy celebrities. When Betty happens affectionately to place her gloved bands upon Tom's cheeks, that young man makes for the water tub in the stable yard and buries his head in the water. Then Betty happens to put her hands to her own face and she too has to make tracks for the water tub. Tom and Betty duck and raise their heads from the water repeatedly before they are able to lean across the tub and kiss lovingly. They are the happiest couple on earth, when Aunt Long forgivingly assists at their marriage.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Frederick A. Thomson | Director |
| James Oliver Curwood | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Clara Kimball Young | |
| Darwin Karr | |
| Josie Sadler | |
| Etienne Girardot |
