A Pill Box Cupid (1913)
Major Lodge, fat and fifty, loves Miss Smith, thin and forty. The Major is very bashful. His nephew, Tom, is the sweetheart of Nancy, a niece of Miss Smith. They discover that the older folks are smitten with each other. Thinking it a great joke, they tell the fat Major that Auntie likes thin men, and in turn they tell Auntie that the Major only likes a fat woman. Both despair as to what to do. Once they see an advertisement saying Knoxall Pills will make you thin, the other was Knoxall Pills will make you fat. Major sends at once for a box of pills to get thin, while Auntie post-haste sends for pills to make her fat. On arrival of the pills Tom gets them first and changes the wrappers, so that each one gets just the opposite to the pills desired. The Major takes the pills as per direction, but continues to gain in weight. He orders a suit, which comes a week later. Upon trying it on, he rips it, as he has gained ten pounds since taking the pills. In the meantime. Auntie keeps getting thinner, losing weight. Accidentally the Major sees Auntie admiring an album with fat men's pictures in it. He tells Tom that he is sure she likes a fat man. Auntie overhears the Major tell Tom he admires a thin woman. After some interesting troubles, Tom confesses. Auntie and the Major understand each other, and all ends happily.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Frances Ne Moyer | |
| Earl Metcalfe |
