Shorty at the Shore (1910)
Shorty is a gardener, and a pretty bad one at that. To make matters worse, he works for a fussy family, and they are forever finding fault with the manner in which he does his work. Shorty's trampish pal suggests a way to obtain a vacation, and writes Shorty a letter announcing that he is heir to a fortune. The scheme works better than was expected, for the letter is opened by the boss in mistake, and that scheming employer decides that he will marry his none-too-lovely daughter to the gardener before he tells him of his good fortune. They suddenly become most amiable toward Shorty, and decide that he must have a vacation at Atlantic City. Shorty is willing to take a vacation anywhere outside of jail, and soon they are started on the trip. It is a pretty serious drain on the old man's purse, for Shorty is expensive in his likes and dislikes, and whenever there is any change he quietly pockets it or hands it to his chum, who has turned up on the boardwalk and joins the party. Only the thought that Shorty will pay back presently consoles the schemers, and when they discover that the letter was a hoax Shorty realizes that it will be well for him to go away from there quickly. He starts down the boardwalk, but lames his ankle, and the rest of the chase is continued in a roller chair from which the rightful owner is dumped with scant ceremony. The picture is rattling good comedy from start to finish, and the chase in the roller chair a real novelty.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
