Ethel's Romance - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Ethel and Ed are engaged and Ed promises to take her to a swell café for lunch. On the way to meet her at noon, Ed is stopped by a young lady who is having trouble starting her new auto. Ed offers to help her. He gets into more trouble ...See moreEthel and Ed are engaged and Ed promises to take her to a swell café for lunch. On the way to meet her at noon, Ed is stopped by a young lady who is having trouble starting her new auto. Ed offers to help her. He gets into more trouble than he expected, but finally gets the car started and the young lady, believing Ed to be a wonder around autos, begs him to drive her home. To be polite, he does so, but unfortunately Ethel sees him getting into the auto and driving away. She believes Ed has deserted her. After escorting the young lady and her machine home, Ed rushes to the office, realizing that he is late for his engagement with Ethel, hie finds her in a fury and is unable to square himself. She gives back the ring. It happens that Bill, the office boy, has eaten too much lunch and, having heard the quarrel between Ed and Ethel, he is inclined to fall asleep. Bill wakes up to the fact that he is madly in love with Ethel. He proposes to her and she accepts him, more to spite Ed than anything else. Bill leaves a note to Hadley, his boss, to the effect that his office force is going to get married. Bill and Ethel have some trouble getting a license because Bill is so young, but he manages to get away with it by using stilts and a mustache. Hadley gets the note and notifies Ed. They rush to prevent the wedding but arrive too late. Ed is almost frantic and chokes Bill nearly to death. Luckily Bill wakes up about this time and finds that he has been dreaming. Ed manages to square himself with Ethel. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less