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His Birthday Gift
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by George Reehm
Cast: Charles Perley [the wealthy bachelor], Augusta Anderson [the bachelor’s sweetheart], Mrs. Wright (Helen Wright) [the seamstress]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 26 August 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The wealthy young bachelor's sweetheart is an idle, vain creature, but for a time she is successful in leading him to believe that she shares his ideas regarding woman’s work in the world. When his birthday approaches, she realizes that the gift which he will most deeply appreciate should be something made with her own hands. She is too indolent, however, to do the work, herself, so she purchases a fine scarf and employs a seamstress to embroider his initials upon it. The seamstress, going to deliver the work, loses the parcel. The bachelor finds it and, reading the worker’s name and address upon the wrapper, returns it to her. She then conveys it to the wealthy girl, who gives it to her sweetheart as the work of her own hands. He, recognizing it, realizes her true character, and they part. Later he visits the seamstress and recognizes in her the type of girl in whom he can become interested.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 January 2025.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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