Miss Adventure (1916)
Everybody picks on poor little Bess. Bess is a good little soul but very capricious, and her little practical jokes get her and all concerned into a mess of trouble. By substituting smallpox for grippe germs she has the whole town quarantined and incidentally causes her rich Aunt Jane to leave in a huff. Her sisters return from college, but have no smile nor friendly greeting for Bess. After graduating from high school, Bess enjoys fond dreams of college, which she is soon forced to abandon when Mother says that all their money is needed for Sister's clothes. Then Jack arrives, and Bess' two sisters try to outdo each other to capture him. The poor fellow is between two fires. He samples hugs and kisses from both but is still undecided. Little Bess gets even with her sisters by continually butting in on their loving. She puts Jack in many an embarrassing position by such pranks as falling into his lap from the top of a high tree and interrupting him when he is pledging his love to one or the other of her sisters. She tricks him out rowing on the lake with her and upsets the boat; once on shore, she laughs heartily at his humiliation. Jack's fighting blood is aroused and he decides to make Bess pay for her caprice. He runs after her, and after a fierce struggle, plants a kiss on her ruby lips. To further humiliate him, the family appears on the scene and catches him in the act. Jack leaves in haste and after he has gone, Mary is unable to forget the kiss he gave her. It isn't very long before Jack returns, this time to claim little Bess for his own. Her sisters fall in soft, too, and capture two unfortunate males. Perhaps after the nuptials Bess will settle down and discard her toys and become a real young lady.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| William Wolbert | Director |
| William Wolbert | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Mary Anderson | |
| Anne Schaefer | |
| Webster Campbell | |
| Otto Lederer |
