Andy Goes A-Pirating (1914)
Andy's taste in literature was not particularly good. It ran to paper colored novels with lurid illustrations on the front cover, and dark hints of crime and blood in the titles. His mother caught him reading one entitled "Skinned Alive!" and told him exactly what she would do if she ever found another book of the sort in his possession. Little daunted, by so remote a possibility, Andy purchased another dime novel. This one was all about pirates, and Andy, whose highest ambition had previously been to become an engine driver or a highway robber, was lifted into a seventh heaven. He pictured himself as the stern captain of a swift low barque with all sails set in pursuit of a stout merchantman. He hissed curses past the sword which was clenched in his teeth while beautiful captives knelt before him and wept. Zounds. 'Shlood. At this point, the superintendent of the messenger office boxed Andy's ears and took the book away from him. Andy wreaked a terrible revenge upon him in his imagination, by forcing him to walk the plank. So strong an impression did the wild rover's life make upon Andy that he decided to become a pirate without delay. Accordingly, that afternoon, he and a few chosen spirits "borrowed" a canal boat, and started out on their nefarious career. Oddly enough, their experiences were not precisely similar to those of Kidd, Morgan, and other worthies of the Spanish Main. For instance, when Andy laid his piratical craft alongside a fisherwoman, and with visions of beautiful captives in his head, ordered her to kneel before him, the fisherwoman nearly broke up the entire expedition. Shortly after their escape from her, their bloodthirsty career was abruptly terminated by a couple of policemen in search of river thieves. Andy's mother, called to the river by little Bessie, who had been left out of the piratical venture, because of her lack of ferocious qualities, arrived just in time to give Andy a long-promised whipping.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Charles H. France | Director |
| Mark Swan | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Andy Clark | |
| Jessie Stevens | |
| Janet Dawley | |
| Edward Boulden |
