A Game of Bluff (1912)
Young Jack Russell goes to spend his two-weeks' vacation at the seashore, where he meets a pretty girl chaperoned by an elderly man. He falls desperately in love with the girl but, in picking up the old fellow's card, he realizes that the daughter of "Willis Smithson, retired capitalist," is too far above his station. Love, however, sharpens his wits and going to a printer, has some cards made reading: "Jack Russell, Capitalist." At the hotel, the two men exchange cards and Jack soon finds himself engaged to charming Grace Smithson. Jack's little bluff grows, for circumstances call for more bluffing. Going to town, he rents a flat, puts furniture in it at one dollar down and one dollar a week; hires servants; and returns to the seashore. Father and daughter are leaving the next day and Jack, anxious to make a ten-strike. Invites them to spend the night at his modest little apartment. So impressed is the old man with the beautiful home that he actually tells Jack to marry tonight, rather than wait six months, and before the young fellow knows what's doing, a minister has been called and the nuptial knot is tied. When alone, Grace breaks down and tells hubby that father is but a poor bookkeeper in a furniture store. Jack laughingly replies that he, too, is far from being a capitalist. The next day, while at work on the books in the furniture store, Smithson comes across the entry of his son-in-law for furniture taken on the installment plan and the sad blow almost overpowers him. He dashes out of the office and, arriving at the grand borne, finds a "TO LET" sign with a note appended thereon, stating that Jack Russell had removed to the Cupid Apartments. The newlyweds are in the midst of their first meal when papa puts in an appearance. Jack admits that he has indulged in a little game of bluff and that the old man was party to the game. When shown his own misleading card, Smithson relents and the "dear children" are blessed in true parental style.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lee Moran | |
| Vivian Rich | |
| Russell Bassett |
