No Place for a Minister's Son (1912)
In a letter from college Cyrus Brent tells of a play to he presented by the fraternity. His parents, a country minister and an old fashioned wife, determine to pay him a visit and he present at the rendition of the play. They arrive at the college town the evening before the play is to he presented and manage to locate their son's boarding house only to find that he and his chums are attending a dress rehearsal of the play. The landlady, however, ushers them into Cyrus' room where they decide to await his return. In the meantime Cyrus and his college chums are struggling with their final dress rehearsal at the local Town Hall where the stage carpenters are very busy building the scenery. Their hammering finally becomes unbearable and the stage director calls off the rehearsal for one hour in the hope that by that time they will have finished their hammering. Cyrus and his chums avail themselves of this opportunity to finish the game of cards at his room in the boarding house where the old folks, unbeknown to him, are patiently awaiting his return. At the sound of the boys' footsteps on the stairway the old folks conceal themselves in an adjoining room in order to surprise their son. They see Cyrus and his chums enter, and throw off their overcoats, disclosing their stage costumes. One young man represents a gay young thing in a harem skirt and another a ballet dancer with a short gauze skirt. They resume their game of cards, the old people watching them from their hiding place. When, however, they see the "ladies" smoking cigarettes, they are filled with indignation at their son's downfall and burst into the room upbraiding him and his brazen associates. Explanations follow and wigs are removed to the satisfaction of the old people who decide that college life is too deep for them.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| C.J. Williams | Director |
| Edwin R. Coffin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Wadsworth | |
| Edward Boulden | |
| Harry Beaumont | |
| Walter Hiers |
