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Her Winning Ways
Also known as {Her Winning Way}
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 950 feet
Directed by William F. Haddock
Cast: Francis Ford, [?] Edith Storey?, [?] William Clifford?
Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by Méliès Star-Film [American]. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. Cinematography by William Paley. / Released 18 August 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 27 August 1910, page ?] Anxious to escape the strain of business and seek diversion and recreation, Robert asks his father to give him a vacation for a few days’ rest. The father, one of the old school plodders who is absorbed by his business affairs, reluctantly grants the son’s request, and the young man hurries from the office, packs his grip, and hustles for the train. On his way, he makes the acquaintance of a very charming lady, who is bound for the same place as himself. Arriving at their destination, he offers to carry her grip and she accepts his proffered kindness. Loaded down, he follows her to the hotel where he gladly deposits the luggage to escape a complete collapse from exhaustion. He finds his “acquaintance” very winsome and attractive. So infatuated is he with her, he prolongs his stay from one day to another until his father is obliged to send a clerk after him to bring him back. When the clerk reaches the hotel, he finds the son head over heels in love with his “acquaintance” and seems willing to leave his happy home for her. The clerk is introduced to the young woman and he falls to her charms as readily as Robert did. The captivating creature drops the son and takes up with the clerk. The clerk succeeds in getting Robert to go back to the city, pretending he will go with him. At the last moment the clerk refuses to go and hastens back to the adored one. The son returns to business and the father asks him where the clerk is. When he is informed, the old man gets furious and immediately dispatches another clerk after the first one. The second clerk walks into the same ensnarement as the first, with the same result; the girl gets them all. The boss in despair determines to go himself and see what is doing. He gets a worse “crush” than any of the others, is her devoted slave, calls her “honey bunch,” and gets perfectly foolish over her. He is entertaining the lady with all the delicacies of the season and spending his money with a lavish hand. A gentleman with three or four children now appears upon the scene. The kids shout in chorus, “O mama!” and lovingly gather around the old gentleman’s lady friend, very much to his surprise and chagrin. The son and the clerks, who have returned to the scene of their discomfiture in search of the boss, arrive just in time to see the children clinging to their mother, in concert with the boss they all exclaim “stung,” and unceremoniously beat it for the city.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 August 2023.
References: Thompson-Star pp. 117-119, 228 : ClasIm-226 p. 54 : Website-AFI.
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