Hunting a Husband (1915)
The receipt of a pathetic note from an old friend asking him to care for his little girl Julia touches the heart of big, good-natured but woman-shy ranch owner Jud Livingston. He sends for the child, buys a big doll and other toys, and meets her at the station, but Julia is a pretty 19-year-old girl; Jud feels terribly embarrassed, particularly when she laughs outright at the doll and toys. Jud falls in love with Julia in no time, but never dreams that she could return the feeling. When Mrs. Bell, his housekeeper, sees her, she reiterates her oft-repeated advice: that Jud ought to get a wife. It does not occur to him to apply her meaning to Julia, so he only smiles good-naturedly, but later, a slight accident to Jud awakens her to a realization that she is in love with him, so woman-like, she takes special pains to avoid him. This puzzles Jud immensely, but the housekeeper knows the reason and tells him plainly he should find a husband for Julia. She thinks this will surely bring him to his senses, but no, he misses the point entirely, and feeling it his duty, rather reluctantly lines up all the eligible bachelors in the place. Without telling them the reason, he tries to pick a husband for the girl. All have faults and his despair is comical to behold. Mrs. Bell, after a hearty laugh at his stupidity, tells him he is the man with whom Julia is in love. Then Jud wakes up, and dashes out to find Julia. She sees him coming, and pretends to be reading, but correctly judging her agitation to be caused by love, turns her book right side up and proposes on the spot. Thus Julia finds her husband.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ulysses Davis | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Gayne Whitman | |
| Jane Novak | |
| Jack Mower | |
| Florence Hale |
