It Can't Be True! - Production & Contact Info

It Can't Be True! (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

It Can't Be True! (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Ernie hadn't paid his rent for five years, and he also owed for a five-year laundry bill, but this didn't deter him from cooking ham and eggs over the gas jet and also making eyes at the landlord's daughter. He might have gotten away with ...See moreErnie hadn't paid his rent for five years, and he also owed for a five-year laundry bill, but this didn't deter him from cooking ham and eggs over the gas jet and also making eyes at the landlord's daughter. He might have gotten away with this clandestine cuisine, but the landlord had the nose of a Siberian meat hound, and one unlucky morning he smelled Ernie's breakfast right through the partition. On top of this he caught Ernie talking to his daughter. This was the last straw and he decided that Ernie must be put out. Instead of putting him out, however, they put all his furniture out and left him without even a chair to sit on. How stony-hearted landlords are often fooled, how landladies make unfortunate mistakes, and how it never pays to change your attitude toward people simply because you think they have money was never better illustrated than in this case. The daughter got Ernie, Ernie got some unexpected "mazuma," and landlord got a terrible shock. The only one who got anything at all was an unpleasant looking rival, and this last received a painful black eye. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Ernest Shields The Tenant The Tenant See fewer	The Greyhound Limited (1929)
Harry Todd The Landlord The Landlord See fewer	Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931)
Margaret Joslin The Landlady The Landlady See fewer	A Snakeville Courtship (1913)
Marcia Moore The Daughter The Daughter See fewer	The Land of Oz (1910)
Edward Clark The Rival The Rival See fewer	Sally in Our Alley (1927)