The Village Rivals (1912)
Dave Webb owns a grocery store and loves Miss Doublecatch. Jim Cole also owns a grocery store and loves the same girl. The beauty likes both suitors and the victory in this instance is sure to go to the swifter. Dave and Jim do swift things. Each endeavors to forestall the other. Jim is getting the upper hand and incidentally the girl, when Poeticus, the village scribe, comes to Dave's aid. The poet evolves a prosaic plan. Dave is to court Widow Plunks, who is fat, fifty and rich, and Jim will be made to realize what a prize he's missing. The plan works most beautifully. So well does Poeticus shuffle his cards that Jim purchases a love sonnet for the widow, proposes to her and is accepted. Meanwhile, Dave has had plain sailing and wins the village belle. Jim goes out driving with the widow and inwardly rejoices for having "cut out" Dave. His rejoicings, however, receive a terrible jolt when he meets his hated rival driving and happy with the girl he has loved and lost.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| David Horsley | Producer |
