Universal Ike Junior Is Kept from Being an Actor (1914)

• 76%
• 1914
• Comedy
• Bobby Ray
• Louise Glaum
• Fred Hornby

Another man tips his hat to Ike's sweetheart. Ike becomes jealous. Forthwith he decides that their paths must go in opposite directions. Tom, the ranch foreman invites Louise, Ike's cast-off sweetheart, to go with him to "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The invitation is accepted. Ike goes to the show with the other cowboys and raises a rumpus when one of the actors looks at Louise while singing. He is ejected from the theater. An usher advises him to get a book and study how to become an actor. Ike secures the necessary book. The cowboys are not appreciative of the histrionic talent shown by members of the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company and commence shooting. The actors flee with the cowboys in pursuit. The chase ends up at the ranch where Ike has "made up" with flour and charcoal and is rehearsing. Louise bears him exclaim, "If you refuse me once more, I'll shoot," and concludes that she is to be Ike's victim. The cowboys hunt Ike. He climbs into a barrel and rolls down a hill. The barrel ends up in a pond. Ike is rescued.