And the Best Man Won (1915)
The boy has long tried to get the girl to consent to an engagement with him, and finally succeeds. Papa tells them that he has just closed a contract with a famous and handsome artist, Jene Van Wheeler, to paint the girl's portrait. The boy doesn't like the idea of a man painting his sweetheart's picture, and says so, but the girl laughingly puts his objections aside, and even her father tells the boy that he should not be afraid, as the girl loves only him. The artist falls in love with his subject, and the girl, for a lark, encourages him. Things drift along this way until one day the boy comes in just as the artist kisses the girl. He tells the girl's father, and when the girl seeks him out later, they quarrel and she hands the boy back his engagement ring. Father is wrought up over the artist's love-making to his daughter and tells him to finish the picture as soon as possible. Papa's prohibition arouses the girl's ire, and the artist finally persuades her to elope with him. The boy and his chum have gotten off for the day and are taking an auto ride, when they meet with an accident and fall in a ditch. The boy drops in at his minister's home and upon finding that the minister is away, they proceed to dress up in his clothes, believing he will not object when he hears their story. Hearing a noise outside, they look out and see the girl and the artist coming in. The boy surmises that they are coming to get married and his chum plans a trick on them. The boy blacks his face up and the chum acts as minister, and when the elopers come in and ask to be married, the pseudo minister agrees to perform the ceremony. The minister returns at this inopportune moment and the chum takes him upstairs to explain. They find out that he is a new minister and does not know the boy at all. The girl has decided that she really loves the artist after all and regrets her decision, when the police, who have been chasing the elopers for speeding, arrive. Things are finally settled, and the boy and girl decide that as long as they have a minister convenient they will save time and money by getting married at once, which is done amid the congratulations of all. The artist is led off to pay for his reckless speeding.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Horace Davey | Director |
| Al Christie | Writer |
| George Marshall | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Billie Rhodes | |
| Ray Gallagher | |
| Neal Burns | |
| George B. French |
