The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

NR 1926 · 65 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

A "stranger from the city" arrives in a rural town and immediately causes trouble. A struggling father who is in danger of losing the family home to a mortgage. To save the property, the father tries to force his daughter—who already has a local sweetheart—to marry the wealthy "city chap". The comedy stems from a series of identity swaps involving the wedding veil. Two country maidens are involved; one is ignored while the other is wooed by the city stranger. The "unwilling bride" (the daughter) keeps swapping her veil with a "willing bride" to avoid the ceremony. The veil is passed back and forth several times until the city chap and the father's favored suitor are eventually outwitted.

Directed by Edward F. Cline

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Charles Farrell Joe Hoskins
Thelma Parr Tessie Spruder
Peggy O'Neil Sue Tucker
Irving Bacon Justice of the Peace
Douglas Gerrard Steve Hemingway
Edna Tichenor The Vamp
William McCall Amos Spruder

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