The Archaeologist (1914)
Playwright James Devon takes a villa on the Mediterranean, where he can work in quiet and without interruption. His daughter May is terribly bored. She goes to the hotel where her friend Edna Lee, another American girl, is staying, and they discover Billy Green, a student of archaeology--who is so engrossed in his subjects that he is blind to the girls' attentions. This piques May, and she makes a vow that she will win his love. Armed with a statuette, she wanders with Edna to a seat in the hotel grounds near where Green is sitting. Then she tells her friend enthusiastically about this treasure which she has unearthed in her garden. Green becomes interested at once and asks to call the next day to investigate. The girls go to a curio shop and stock up with "antiquities." With the help of Snow Ball, the Black gardener, the girls bury these near the villa, and the next day Green digs them up. He is so excited over the possibility that they are living over a buried city that he cannot be prevailed upon to stay for luncheon, to the great disappointment of the girls. So they plant more bait. That night Mr. Devon takes a fancy to do some excavating on his own account. At breakfast he displays his finds, and the girls discover themselves undone. Then they invent a new scheme for entrapping the archaeological Billy. Edna sends him word that they have discovered a beautiful statue, and offers to lead him to it. He is overcome with admiration for the classic maiden, and when it comes to life, like Pygmalion's Galatea, he falls in love with the fair reality, who is May. Mr. Devon, when he hears how his very acceptable son-in-law has been won, pays the sizable bill, which the dealer in antiquities sends in without a murmur.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Henry Otto | Director |
| Virginia Whitmore | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edward Coxen | |
| Winifred Greenwood | |
| John Steppling | |
| Charlotte Burton |
