Volume II: Filmography

HARRY'S HAPPY HONEYMOON

(Falstaff)

February 3, 1916 (Thursday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Scenario: Lloyd F. Lonergan

Cast: Jay C. Yorke (Harry), Isolde Illian (his bride), Lydia Mead (her mother), Charles Emerson (mischievous college boy), Lord McCaskill (Matt, his chum)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, January 29, 1916:

"Harry and Hilda, just married, elude a pursuing auto filled with well-wishers, and board the train for Fanover. One of the wedding guests, learning their destination, wires some friends of his at the college at Fanover, describing the honeymooners and asking the boys to make their sojourn in the town as lively as possible. On the train the bride becomes engrossed in a strenuous baby who throws Harry's hat out of the car window, flings his nursing bottle after it, yanks the flowers out of Hilda's hat - and gets Harry madder every minute. The mother alights at a station to procure milk, the train goes off without her, and the young couple arrive at Fanover with the youngster on their hands. This puts the college boys off the track, and Harry and Hilda arrive safely at their hotel with their little charge. A child has been kidnapped a few days before, and the description tallies closely with the newcomers. The town constable calls upon the bride and groom and places them under arrest. However, the frantic mother turns up next day and reclaims her child. Then the college boys, determined to make up for lost time, set to make the honeymooners' visit to Fanover as spectacular and as memorable as possible."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, February 12, 1916:

"In this comedy number, a young couple, just married, evade their friends and take the train. On board this a baby is left in their hands, which leads to amusing complications, among them a charge of kidnapping. The number is not very strong in plot, but it is quite pleasing."

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