His Lucky Vacation (1915)
Tired of club and city life, Jack bids his friends good-bye and starts for a quiet week at the seashore. At the depot he finds a crowd of girls who block his passage. They are seeing their friend Billie off as she starts for a two weeks' vacation. Jack tries vainly but politely to get by them, but they seem deaf to his entreaties, and he finally has to demand in a loud voice that they allow him to get on the train, which is about to leave. The girls are angry at the manner in which he demands to pass. Billie gets on the train just as it pulls out and finds that the only seat left vacant is the one opposite that in which Jack has seated himself. It happens that they board the same bus at the beach and are conveyed to the same hotel. At the hotel, Jack requests a room near Billie, telling the clerk that the girl who has just registered is his cousin. He gets a room directly opposite Billie's. Jack's phone becomes crossed with Billie's and he overhears her put in a call to the clerk for a taxi. He bribes the chauffeur to let him take his place. Billie, unsuspectingly, enters the taxi and a wild ride follows, as Jack lacks much of being an expert. When something goes wrong with the car Billie learns her driver's identity and plans to teach him a severe lesson. While he is busy inspecting the engine she hastily writes a note, which she pins to the cushion of the seat. Stepping out, she tells Jack to wait a few minutes until she returns. Then she quietly disappears into a girl friend's house and leaves by the rear entrance. Jack waits for several hours and at last discovers the note, which flatly calls him "fresh" and tells him that when he is tired of waiting he can return the car to its owner. The real chauffeur, meanwhile, has become worried over the non-reappearance of his car and puts a policeman on the trail. Jack is captured, but finally gives the policeman the slip. At the hotel Jack sees the girls have arrived ahead of him. They have taken the chauffeur into their confidence and told him of the joke played upon Jack. When the policeman finally arrives and places Jack under arrest, the girls and chauffeur relent and finally Jack is set free. Jack, however, is more determined than ever to win the respect and love of Billie, so that night he arranges a false fire call, and, rushing to Billie's room, he saves her from the supposed conflagration. She becomes very angry, when she learns that it is another of his tricks. Later that night a real fire occurs and Jack really does try to save Billie, but she will not let him and upbraids him roundly. As he struggles to carry her out of the smoky room she strikes him over the head and he falls unconscious. She then runs downstairs, where she learns that it really is a fire. This causes her to suffer a change of heart and she pleads with the men to save Jack, who is up in her room. Next day Jack is the hero of the hour and receives his reward at the hands of the repentant Billie.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Horace Davey | Director |
| Frank Harris | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Stanley | |
| Billie Rhodes |
