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Becky Gets a Husband
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Noah Reynolds [Pat Casey]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 13 April 1912; in a split-reel with California Ostrich and Pigeon Farms (1912) and The Alligator Farm (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Abe Cohen with his wife and daughter run a cheap dry goods shop on Jerico Street. Tim Casey, a hod carrier, and his wife and son Pat live next door. A board fence separates the two back yards and Pat Casey and Becky Cohen enjoy much good flirtation. Abe Cohen has little use for the Irish and is especially down on Pat, who often comes into the store, throws kisses at Becky and tickles her under the chin. One evening Abe catches the sweethearts at their fun and he promptly orders Becky back into the house and drives Pat out of the store. The mothers of the boy and girl both agree that it would not be a bad match and try very hard to get the fathers to see it in the same light, but Abe is obdurate and won’t listen to it. The sweethearts and their mothers work hard on the old man and finally win out. Becky and Pat are duly engaged and in short order married. As might be expected, the two nationalities do not mix well, many unfortunate arguments take place at the wedding feast and finally a severe quarrel takes place between Abe and Tim over the color of the Crème de Menthe. The white offends the Irishman and the Green raises the ire of the Hebrew. The fight commenced by the two fathers is gradually picked up by the balance of the two factions. An Irish cop and Jewish policeman come in to quell the battle royal, but are quickly overpowered. They ring for the fire department and the firemen disperse the whole party with a deluge of the fire hose.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 January 2025.
References: Pratt-Spellbound p. ? : Website-IMDb.
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