The Colonel of the Nuts - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Colonel Pretzel, proprietor of the Cuckooville County Nutt Factory, is notified by the county officials that unless his institution does more business they will abolish it. Igo Gettem, dealer in second-hand tombstones, is also discouraged ...See moreColonel Pretzel, proprietor of the Cuckooville County Nutt Factory, is notified by the county officials that unless his institution does more business they will abolish it. Igo Gettem, dealer in second-hand tombstones, is also discouraged over his business. His daughter, Molly, persists in attempting to elope with her rube sweetheart. Gettem sees Pretzel trying to commit suicide, and stops him in the hope that he will be able to sell him a tombstone. Pretzel tells of his Nutt factory and this gives Gettem an idea. He proposes that Pretzel shall pay him a stipulated price for every nutt he can bring him, a proposition that Pretzel gladly agrees to. Gettem's first victim is his daughter's sweetheart, and the same day he lands the village minister. Colonel Pretzel meets Molly and falls in love with her, but when she snubs him he orders his attendant to take her to the asylum, and there she meets her lover. Gettem brings a wagon load of people to the asylum. As he and Pretzel are dickering over terms in the office they see Molly and her lover outside being married by the minister. They start for the door, only to find that the nutts, under the command of Napoleon, have mutinied and surrounded the office. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less