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  • Patsy in Town (1915)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
Patsy in Town (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy
A singular metamorphosis of fate transforms Patsy into a veritable melodramatic hero. After the dream he had in episode Number Ten we find him bound for the great city leaving no trace of his whereabouts. But the watchful Jane inserts a ...See moreA singular metamorphosis of fate transforms Patsy into a veritable melodramatic hero. After the dream he had in episode Number Ten we find him bound for the great city leaving no trace of his whereabouts. But the watchful Jane inserts a personal in a newspaper telling of his mother's illness and asking him to write. Arriving at the market place with the farmer, he sets out to make his way in the city and, having a considerable part of the money gained as a prize for life saving, he decks himself out in a new suit of clothes. He encounters an engaging bunco steerer, known to the police as Bunco Bill, the Crying Crook, and although many times warned by a friendly policeman named Flinn, Bill's tears cause him to believe his new friend a much persecuted man, who, after introducing Patsy to some companions, who fleece him of a goodly amount of his money at cards takes him to sleep with him and poor Patsy awakens in the morning to find he has been robbed of his last penny. However he has seen the personal in the newspaper and telegraphed home to say that he is well and happy and will return home when he has made good. On receipt of the telegram Jane discovers that Jack and his wife Mary are about to visit the city and induces them to take her with them. On the morning after their arrival while Jane is setting out to find some trace of Patsy he is sitting in his room contemplating suicide. Finding a pistol in a bureau drawer he tries to shoot himself but the weapon is not loaded, and when he tries to hang himself to an electric fixture, he pulls that and the plaster from the ceiling down on his head. Then, wandering into the streets, he several times misses the faithful Jane who, assisted by Officer Flinn, is searching the streets and resorts. In one of these resorts Bunco Bill is encountered and refuses to tell Flinn where Patsy is, but agrees to tell Jane, and she asks him to come to her hotel. That night Patsy decides upon ending his life by a plunge in the river and proceeds to the dock where he sits for a few moments of reflection, an event which results in making him famous. Bunco Bill and the yeggmen have decided to do away with Officer Flinn for his continued sleuthing, and luring him into a chase after them, lead him to the very dock where Patsy is considering his fatal plunge. A struggle occurs between Flinn and the yeggmen and he is thrown into the river and saved by Patsy. In the police station Patsy is elevated to the position of a real hero and is induced to accept a position on the force. Meanwhile Bill and some of the yeggmen repair to Jane's hotel, and Bill sends in his card. She hurries to meet her caller in the office and at once consents to go with him. But Mary not wishing that she shall go alone on such a doubtful errand, insists upon accompanying her and enters the taxicab with her and the yeggmen. As the cab pulls away Patsy dressed as a policeman clings on behind it, and when the yeggmen attempt to force the young women into a building in an alley, Patsy effects their rescue and the picture ends with Patsy and Jane in each other's arms tor the first time. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Percy Winter
Writer
Clay M. Greene (story)
Producer
Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Mar 8, 1915
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Mar 8, 1915 (United States)

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