At the Old Maid's Call (1913)

• 71%
• 1913
• Comedy

Miss Muchmoney and no face, has a strenuous morning with the ice man, milk man and grocery man. She cannot understand why they are not captivated by her charming face or the fact that she is the possessor of $100,000. Applicant number one from a matrimonial bureau calls, but leaves rather hurriedly when in the course of the visit he discovers that her hair is false. Upon the arrival of applicant number two, she locks the door, but when she sings to him, her voice is so terrible he exits through the window. Is Miss Muchmoney disheartened by her failure to win a husband? By no means. She inserts an "ad" in the newspaper, stating that she will give $5,000 to the man who will marry her before twelve o'clock that day. Laborers, coal men, milk men, porters and tramps swarm in upon her on all kinds of conveyances. She picks out Johnny Fresh, a cute young thing, and marries him, much to the disgust of the others. But when she raises her veil, Johnny makes a bolt for the door, with his bride in hot pursuit. Into the lake Johnny goes, but Mrs. Fresh will not be cheated out of her long-sought-for husband. So she goes after him and "sweet love" is rescued to be preserved and cherished by his bride.