Marriages Are Made

Marriages Are Made

NR 1918 · 50 min · Comedy

Cyrus Baird is trying to force his daughter to marry Ethelbert Granger, wealthy but effeminate. She meets and falls in love with James Morton, nephew of Baird's pet enemy. Ethelbert takes the Bairds to cruise in the houseboat of Max Rupholdt, who has a mine layer concealed in the innocent looking craft. Morton, suspected of disloyalty, penetrates Max's secret and rescues the girl just before the fleeing spy meets extermination through one of his own mines.

Directed by Carl Harbaugh · Written by E. Lloyd Sheldon

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Peggy Hyland Susan Baird
Edwin Stanley James Morton
George Clarke Peter Morton
Al Lee Ethelbert Granger
Dan Mason Cyrus Baird
Ellen Burford Doris Kemp
William 'Stage' Boyd Max Rupholdt
George Halpin Deputy Sheriff
Ed Begley Sheriff

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