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The Pretenders (1915)
Comedy, Drama

The Pretenders (1915)

Comedy, Drama

Dick, who thinks Elsie is a farmer's daughter, and Elsie, who believes Dick to be a hired man, fall in love with each other. While returning from a trip to the city shortly afterwards, Dick accidentally exchanges traveling bags with Spike,...See moreDick, who thinks Elsie is a farmer's daughter, and Elsie, who believes Dick to be a hired man, fall in love with each other. While returning from a trip to the city shortly afterwards, Dick accidentally exchanges traveling bags with Spike, a burglar, on his way to rob the Dunbars' summer home. Pinkarter, a detective, witnesses the incident and trails Dick. Late that night, the young man sees Elsie apparently breaking into a cottage. The girl had accidentally been locked out of the farmhouse where she had been stopping, and therefore decided to return to her father's country home nearby. Ignorant of this, Dick believes Elsie a thief and follows her into the house, Spike also gets inside, and the three are presently bagged by Pinkarter and lugged to the village lockup. In his effort to establish his identity, Dick requests the detective to examine his travelling bag. When this is done, a fine collection of burglar's tools is brought to view. Thus Elsie is led to think her lover a thief. Although Dick eventually clears himself, this comes too late; Elsie's identity has been established by her father, who then took her home. Still in ignorance of each other's identity, the heartbroken lovers return to the city. Some time later Dick accompanies a friend to a dinner given at the Dunbar's home. To his intense surprise, the boy finds himself confronting Elsie. Still believing him to be a burglar, Elsie shouts for help. Dunbar is about to hand the luckless youth over to the police when the snarl is untangled, and the course of true love allowed to run smoothly. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Crauford Kent Dick Mason - a Young Clubman Dick Mason - a Young Clubman See fewer	The Ace of Scotland Yard (1929)
Marguerite Courtot Elsie Dunbar Elsie Dunbar See fewer	The Swamp Fox (1914)
Henry Hallam Major Dunbar - Elsie Father Major Dunbar - Elsie Father See fewer	The Evil Thereof (1916)
Richard Bartlett Spike Cooper - a Crook Spike Cooper - a Crook See fewer	Our New Minister (1913)
John Mackin Pinkerton - a Detective (as John E. Mackin) Pinkerton - a Detective (as John E. Mackin) See fewer	The Ventures of Marguerite (1915)
Joseph Birns Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	The Pretenders (1915)
Helen Lindroth Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	Seventeen (1916)
Marcus Moriarity Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	The Flower of No Man's Land (1916)
Charlotte Courtot Undetermined Role Undetermined Role See fewer	John Burns of Gettysburg (1913)