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Pressing His Suit
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Clovis Butler [Toots the Tailor], Violet Brown (Viola Brown) [Sally the Salubrious], Marjorie Harrison [Kate the Kalamity], [?] ? [Sweitzer the Swiss]
Mittenthal Film Company production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Released 23 August 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Website-Lloyd reports that this film is not a Harold Lloyd film, as has previously been accepted; this is possibly one of Pathé’s Lonesome Luke or Lazy Luke comedy series films.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? This is the terrible tale of Toots the Tailor, Sally the Salubrious, Sweitzer the Swiss, and Kate the Kalamity. Toots loves Sally, he’s not the only one; there’s Sweitzer, the cheese maker, who’s awfully strong for her. Sally loves Toots, but she’s not the only one; there’s Kate, the laundress, who has Toot’s promissory note to marry her in default of his wash bill. Kate comes to claim Toots’ forfeit of future happiness and discovers that Toots has an affair with Sally. Kate sees she can’t love him into marrying her, so decides she’ll have to scare him into it, and accordingly takes one of Toots’ models, and, dressing it in her clothes, shoves it up to its knees in a barrel of dye. This wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the fact that it’s in head first. Then the real Kate hides. Sweitzer, learning that Sally is to dine with Toots, comes prepared to shed blood. Sally comes prepared to shed manners and stow food. Toots discovers the figure of Kate in the barrel of dye and it spoils his dinner. Then the real Kate comes out and plays ghost. Then comes Sweitzer ready to carve Toots. Toots would rather be excused, thank you, and makes a hurried exit. Kate dons a man’s clothes and makes up to the fickle Sally. The finish is funny.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb; Website-Lloyd.
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