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His Last Laugh (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short

His Last Laugh (1916)

Short | Comedy, Short

While playing a piano in a cabaret, Duke Don Ferdi sees the picture of a pretty American girl and determines to wed her. His sweetheart finds the clipping and follows him. Meanwhile two crooks rifle his belongings and steal a portrait of ...See moreWhile playing a piano in a cabaret, Duke Don Ferdi sees the picture of a pretty American girl and determines to wed her. His sweetheart finds the clipping and follows him. Meanwhile two crooks rifle his belongings and steal a portrait of his ancestor, who had ridiculed the theory of Christopher Columbus that an egg could be made to stand on end. On the back of the painting they find directions which if followed they believe will reveal a fortune. They are instructed to obtain a certain ring. It develops that this ring has been given to the rich American girl by her suitor. As the girl is riding with him the crooks lift her from her mount and carry her away in a taxi. Ferdi lowers himself from a railroad bridge and rescues her, but not until the crooks have obtained the ring. But the duke is now receiving the favor of the girl and her family, the young American being apparently discarded. The ring, on careful examination, reveals directions to obtain a medal which Ferdi always wears. This is easy. Ferdi returns to the cabaret and is on the job when his new friends arrive on a slumming trip inspired by the disgruntled suitor. He sees an opportunity to stamp Ferdi as an impostor and confronts him at the piano. The duke, however, displays his medal as proof of his claim, the crooks rush in and snatch it and speed away. They go to a lonely spot, as directed by the medal, dig up a box and get into their machine just as a police car arrives. Their trouble goes for naught in the lively chase which follows, they are caught and the box recovered. Ferdi now impatiently awaits the opening of the box, but much to his chagrin it contain not wealth but an ancient joke about the chicken that crossed the street, which the shade of Columbus doubtless considered a snappy retort to the ridicule to which he had been subjected centuries before. Now spurned by the rich girl, Ferdi is in despair until his cabaret sweetheart, always close at hand, offers her sympathy and all ends happily. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry McCoy The Piano Player The Piano Player See fewer	The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
Julia Faye The Piano Player's Dancing Sweetheart The Piano Player's Dancing Sweetheart See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Mary Thurman The Wealthy Maiden The Wealthy Maiden See fewer	A Bride for a Knight (1923)
Joseph Callahan The Wealthy Maiden's Father The Wealthy Maiden's Father See fewer	Captain Kidd (1913)
Billie Bennett The Wealthy Maiden's Mother The Wealthy Maiden's Mother See fewer	The Wall Street Whiz (1925)
A. Edward Sutherland The Wealthy Maiden's Suitor (as Sutherland Ring) The Wealthy Maiden's Suitor (as Sutherland Ring) See fewer	Sky Devils (1932)
Dave Anderson The Crook The Crook See fewer	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
Lige Conley The Crook's Accomplice (as Lige Crommie) The Crook's Accomplice (as Lige Crommie) See fewer	Casey Jones, Jr. (1923)
Bobby Dunn The Holdup Man The Holdup Man See fewer	His Busted Trust (1916)
Nick Cogley The Cafe Proprietor The Cafe Proprietor See fewer	Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915)
Malcolm St. Clair The Butler The Butler See fewer	Side Street (1929)
Dale Fuller Cafe Customer Cafe Customer See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)