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A Mistaken Calling (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short

A Mistaken Calling (1912)

Short | Comedy, Short

Maggie, a cook, feels that she is born to write poetry and consults a phrenologist. Among the many knobs on Maggie's dome of intelligence he discovers one that reveals she will startle the world with her scribbling. Therefore, Maggie ...See moreMaggie, a cook, feels that she is born to write poetry and consults a phrenologist. Among the many knobs on Maggie's dome of intelligence he discovers one that reveals she will startle the world with her scribbling. Therefore, Maggie resigns her job and starts into poetry. Also she casts off her policeman lover, Officer 444. One morning she invades the office of a publishing house and, in the course of a few moments, has the editor on the floor by the hair while she pours her slush into his tortured ear. Officer 444 is summoned to arrest her, and the recognition is mutual. He gets her out on the street to the patrol box, but Maggie soon puts him to sleep by reading her poetry and flees, leaving one of verses attached to his uniform. Reduced to poverty and starvation, Maggie applies at an employment bureau and luckily is re-engaged by her former mistress on taking a pledge never to scribble again. On the way home Maggie runs across Professor Phreno, the bunk phrenologist who put her on the wrong track. What she does to him with her fists and umbrella is plenty, and is only sustained by the inevitable Officer 444, who sends her on her way. In closing we find "Phreno" humped over his chart, feeling the lump on his forehead and wondering over the fact that its location on the chart is signed "casualty." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
John Steppling Professor Phreno - Phrenologist Professor Phreno - Phrenologist See fewer	The Reckless Age (1924)
Eleanor Blanchard Maggie - the Cook Maggie - the Cook See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Howard Missimer Officer 444 Officer 444 See fewer	The $5, 000, 000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914)
William Walters The Editor of the Publishing House The Editor of the Publishing House See fewer	The Law's Lash (1928)
Lily Branscombe Maggie's Employer Maggie's Employer See fewer	Mr. Tibbs' Cinderella (1912)
Frank Dayton Maggie's Employer Maggie's Employer See fewer	The Fall of Montezuma (1912)