Qualifying for Lena (1914)
Hans was head over heels in love with the charming Lena Himbleback, domestic engineer of the Brownson family. Lena liked Hans, but she was not the kind to allow a little thing like liking to blind her to her obvious course. So she spoke to Hans firmly but kindly as follows: "I don't marry no man only what has a automobile, some property and Van Dyke whiskers." Hans, crushed by this unexpected blow, crept away. On the sidewalk he picked up a diamond ring. Hurrying to a pawnbroker, he bashfully slipped the ring across the counter. The pawnbroker gave him all he asked on the ring and Hans nearly fainted. With an energy Napoleon might have envied, Hans started his campaign for his beloved. His first step was to buy an automobile for twenty-five dollars. The man who owned it assured him that it was cheap at that price. Hans next bought a plot of land in the heart of the select residential part of Webb City. It is true that Webb City existed for the most part in the ingenious brain of the real estate dealer, but that did not bother Hans. Then Hans trimmed his whiskers into some semblance of the style affected by the Dutch painter, and went to call on Lena. After her first shock of startled surprise, Lena willingly consented to take an automobile ride out to their new property. Before the ride was ended, Hans found himself secretly wishing that he had spent as much as $35 and had bought a really modern car. When he discovered that a small boy was catching sunfish in his Webb City plot, he found it very hard to explain things quite satisfactorily to Lena. The diamond ring had been lost by Mrs. Brownson, Lena's mistress. She informed the police that it was missing. Through the pawnbroker, they traced it to Hans. So it happened that when Hans returned from his ride, he was incontinently thrown into a dark and gloomy cell to weep and wonder mournfully whether Lena would ever be his.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| C.J. Williams | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Wadsworth | |
| Lizzie Conway | |
| Arthur Housman | |
| Harry Gripp |
