A Weighty Matter for a Detective (1915)
Why, isn't that the fat woman and the living skeleton over there? No, no, gentle reader, it is only poor Shrimp with his plump sweetheart, Skinny. She is very jealous of him and won't allow him out of her sight, except when she plays detective. See three rubes over there? Well, they are going to sneak off in the woods and have a mumbledypeg contest. They have a jug full of water with them. Water? Oh, yes, they all belong to the W.C.T.U. Look at their wives trying to follow them. Ah, Skinny, the girl detective, will help the deserted wives. She disguises, and is going to solve the mystery of what they are going to do with the jug, and where they are going. What is Shrimp doing with that gun? Why. he has heard that Skinny is kidnapped, but that is impossible, for nothing except a derrick could kidnap her. Shrimp is on the search for her, prepared to do or die. Look, look, she has found something. She rushes back and trills the whole town that she knows where the three mumbledypeg artists have their den. The town follows her and finds some gentlemen who make lead nickels so as to fool the pay-as-you-enter cars. Skinny in the excitement falls downhill and lands plump among the wife-deserting, water-drinking three. Her sweetheart, Shrimp, finds her there, the wives find their husbands and there will be a hot time in the old town to-night.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Charles M. Seay | Director |
| Charles M. Seay | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jessie Stevens | |
| Arthur Housman | |
| Dan Mason | |
| Andy Clark |
