The Colonel's Boots (1910)

• 42%
• 1910
• Comedy

Paul and Jeanne are devoted lovers and meet on the balcony of their homes, which are side by side. The affair does not meet with the approval of Jeanne's papa, a retired colonel, who drags his daughter from the balcony. Balked of a personal meeting with his divinity, the young man tries to convey a note to her, and drops it, as he imagines, in her shoe. Unluckily the note falls into the colonel's boot by mistake, and the latter is amazed by the sudden affection of his daughter, who tries to persuade him not to go out. He insists, and accompanied by the girl, ventures into the street. The lover's efforts are now all directed towards getting hold of the boot with its incriminating contents. He bribes a water cart driver to pour a flood over the old man's foot. The latter refuses to take off his boot, and so, disguised as a bootblack, he attempts to get the boot off, only to have his face blackened. Success is secured with the aid of two friends, who, disguised as Apaches, seize the colonel and take the boot off by force. The young man rushing up in the guise of a rescuer receives the old man's hearty thanks and the hand of his daughter.