Cutey's Vacation (1914)

There is great excitement on the veranda of the mountain hotel when Miss Gammon Olde, spying through a field glass, sees Cutey approaching in a hack and announces, "Girls, a man is coming!" There is much patting of hair, fixing of ribbons, straightening of bows, as the cab draws up and Cutey alights. He is besieged by the ladies. Two young girls haul him off to the tennis court. After several games one of them takes him for a walk. They get lost in the woods. The girl falls and says that she has hurt her ankle. After wandering about a long time to get his bearings, he picks the girl up in his arms and carries her all the way back to the hotel. He tries to get some rest. But his peace is disturbed by Miss Olde, who insists upon reading aloud to him as he lies in the hammock. She prevents Miss Rich, whom he eagerly desires to meet, from stopping and making his acquaintance. Then comes a whole company of girls, who pinch and poke him in the ribs and beg him to assist them to decorate for the garden party that afternoon. When Miss Rich joins them in their pleas, he gladly consents. At the garden party Cutey makes rapid progress with Miss Rich. Miss Rich calls on Miss Olde in her room, and is seen entering by Cutey, who notes the number of the room, thinking it is Miss Rich's. That night the hotel porters gather large piles of brush and set it on fire to rout the mosquitoes. Clouds of smoke arise and pour into Cutey's room. He awakens with a start and thinks that the hotel is on fire. Quickly grasping the opportunity to be a hero and rescue the beautiful Miss Rich, he rushes down to the room he saw Miss Rich enter and grabs Miss Olde, whom he carries down into the main hall. He is met there by a rapidly growing assembly of hotel employees and guests, attracted by Miss Olde's screams. When he sees who he has rescued, and is told that the smoke is from a smudge, Cutey collapses into the arms of two porters, and has to be carried back to his room, groaning with disappointment, amid the convulsed laughter of the crowd.

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Summary Details
Running Time11 min
GenresComedy Short