A Man for a Day (1912)

• 70%
• 1912
• Comedy

To own a watch, A silk hat, a cane and, in fact, to he dressed as a grown-up man, is little Willie's ambition. He takes his savings from the bank, and, after visiting a tailor and several other shops, is soon arrayed as proud as any dandy. He then goes to the race track, where he decides to stake all the money that he has left on "a long shot." Luck favors him; he wins a small pile, and immediately starts in to spend his gold in fair company. At an early hour he finds himself in the streets, a little unsteady and unable to find his way home until a kind policeman takes pity upon the young rascal and escorts him to his alarmed parents. His father's greeting is somewhat stern, and, judging from the sounds which come through the open window, Willie will henceforth he a sadder but wiser boy.