A Matter of Matrimony (1913)
On his return home from the sea, Captain Silas Harvey finds his little cottage closed. A note on the door informs him that his maiden-sister housekeeper has married a traveling minister and gone to the next town to live. The Captain tries to run the house himself, fails dismally, and decides to get married. He counts the possible candidates contemplatively upon his fingers as he considers their several qualities. Ignoring his next-door neighbor, Miss Nancy Stimpson, who has been kind to him, the Captain sets out to woo and to win. His first call is upon the widow Bassett, whom he finds working in her little garden in front of her cottage, and learning heavily toward her over the fence, the Captain makes ardent advances and succeeds only in smashing down the widow's fence and trampling down her garden and is forced to beat a hasty retreat. His next stop is at the home of the widow Haskell, who meets him at the door, and the Captain follows her into the kitchen, where his attempts to be both useful and amiable are a flat failure; covered with flour, he departs in deepest disgust, as she pursues him with a rolling pin. He next ventures to pay his respects to spinster Martha Hopkins, who receives him in her prim way in her little parlor, where she succeeds in keeping the Captain at arm's length in spite of his affectionate advances, until, when he attempts to embrace her, he finds himself alone. He makes his way homeward with little use for women. On his steps he finds a tray containing a well-cooked dinner and a note from Nancy Stimpson, who was wise enough to understand that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The Captain eats her dinner with great relish,then decides to propose to her. As an excuse, he takes back the tray and the dishes, and pops the question; she answers in the affirmative, making the two happy in the anticipation of future happiness.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Rollin S. Sturgeon | Director |
| Hanson Durham | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Charles Bennett | |
| Mary Charleson | |
| Anne Schaefer | |
| Estelle Short |
