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The Wire Pullers (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

The Wire Pullers (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

Well-known attorney Hamilton Craig is invited by his business partner Page to visit their new suburban home to attend a dinner. He arrives at the house in the midst of the straightening up and Mrs. Page immediately puts him to work, after ...See moreWell-known attorney Hamilton Craig is invited by his business partner Page to visit their new suburban home to attend a dinner. He arrives at the house in the midst of the straightening up and Mrs. Page immediately puts him to work, after casting disparaging remarks about her husband's usefulness in doing things about the house. Craig reneges when he is sent up a flimsy ladder to fix pictures on the wall, but the running fire of comments on his awkwardness and clumsiness made by Page determines him to show that he really is better than Page in straightening out a disordered room. While Craig is engaged in his house-arranging duties, a desire to own a home of his own comes to him. The Pages notice his abstraction and start to cajole him for not getting married. He tells them that he has never found the right girl. Sometime later Craig is invited to a party given by the Pages. One of the attractions of the event is a fortune teller. Craig being the only bachelor present, is the first to have his fortune told, and he is told in four days hence at the hour of four there will be a woman in distress at a place where many people are eating. She admonishes him to go to the aid of this woman. Craig is skeptical and makes light of the event to those present. Four days pass. In spite of his determination to think nothing of the fortune telling, it continually recurs to Craig's mind. As the hour of four approaches he gets more and more restless and Page watches his growing uneasiness with a lurking smile. At last Craig can stand it no longer and. looking around to see that no one observes him, he sneaks out. He wanders into the tea room described and at one of the front tables he finds a woman having trouble with one of the waiters. Her helplessness appeals to him and he goes to her assistance. The waiter recognizes Craig and the matter is straightened out. He tells the girl to pretend that she knows him in order to avoid any difficulties and the two sit down to a little dinner. She tells him that she is a stranger in town and intended to visit some friends. Her purse, containing the address of her friends, has been stolen and she has no idea where they live. The only clue she has is that they moved to a new suburban home. She tells him their name is Page, and he immediately tells her that Page is his business partner. They set out for the Page home, and on their way Craig, who has become deeply smitten with the girl, proposes to her. She tells him to wait awhile yet. They arrive at the Page home and are greeted by Mrs. Page. The girl, seeing how well Craig is thought of, determines that it would not be such a bad idea and agrees to Craig's proposal. When Mrs. Page returns to the room she sees the two extricating themselves from an embrace, and smiles happily. Joan and Mrs. Page retire from the room and Joan shows Mrs. Page a note which she received stating that she must not fail to go to a certain restaurant on Thursday and get into an altercation with the waiter at exactly four o'clock. Joan demands an explanation of the note. Page has arrived meanwhile and Craig tells him of his romantic finding of the girl of his choice. Joan begins to see light and she and Mrs. Page decide that it will never do for Craig to find out the deception. Some time later Mrs. Page writes a note to a friend as follows: "The fortune telling scheme worked fine. They will make an ideal couple. Dosia Page." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Jack Holt Mr. Page Mr. Page See fewer	Cat People (1942)
Herbert Rawlinson Hamilton Craig Hamilton Craig See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Yona Landowska Mrs. Page Mrs. Page See fewer	Mister 44 (1916)
Agnes Vernon Joan Joan See fewer	Queen of the Turf (1921)
Mina Cunard Actress Actress See fewer	The Broken Coin (1915)