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An Imaginary Elopement (1911)
Short | Short, Comedy, Romance

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An Imaginary Elopement (1911)

Short | Short, Comedy, Romance

A happy young couple are Guy Judson and his wife Dora, until she receives a letter from her parents advising her that her father is going to call for her to take her on a little excursion. When her father arrives, she joyfully greets him ...See moreA happy young couple are Guy Judson and his wife Dora, until she receives a letter from her parents advising her that her father is going to call for her to take her on a little excursion. When her father arrives, she joyfully greets him and quickly getting ready, goes away with him, but leaves behind her, in the spirit of fun, a little note for Guy. And therein begins the trouble. The note simply announces the fact that she has "gone away with a handsome man." Guy finds the note and immediately goes out of his head. He rushes to the nearest detective agency for assistance in recovering his spouse. Now, it happens that Abel Sharpe, as alleged detective, who has been refused employment by the manager of the agency, has sneaked into the office and made himself the possessor of a badge and is seated in the manager's chair when Guy arrives. To him Guy pours out his woes and is assured of his help at once. Taking from a box a lot of wigs, beards, etc., Abel accompanies Guy to his home and begins operations. Going forth he constantly changes his disguises and drags into Guy's house every young woman he meets, only to be told that he has the wrong woman. He seizes one girl at the railroad station about to get into a train, catches another one on the street and finally arrests Guy's colored cook as she leaves the front gate for an airing. Guy at last becomes so enraged that he kicks Abel about the room and leaves in disgust. Then all of Abel's victims, accompanied by a policeman, arrive on the scene and what is left of him is taken to a police station. After all the excitement is over, Dora arrives with her father and is kissing him farewell, when Guy enters and is about to attack the papa-in-law, when he discovers in time who the "handsomer man" really is and laughing heartily at his ludicrous mistake, he explains matters and describes his horrible sensations of the afternoon. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less