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When Tony Pawned Louisa (1913)
Short | Drama, Short

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When Tony Pawned Louisa (1913)

Short | Drama, Short

When Tony Roig arrived in America he had very little money, but was told he could increase it considerably at the gambling table. Tony was good to look at and the sharks looking upon him as a useful member, allowed him to win until he had ...See moreWhen Tony Roig arrived in America he had very little money, but was told he could increase it considerably at the gambling table. Tony was good to look at and the sharks looking upon him as a useful member, allowed him to win until he had $200 to the good. With part of this capital he sent to Italy for his mother and Louisa, his sweetheart. In due time they arrived and were installed in humble lodgings. Tony's good fortune did not last and presently he found himself embarrassed. Among his acquaintances was one Josef Vochman, a pawn broker, and Tony approached him for the modest sum of $150. Vochman usually got collateral for his loans, but Tony had nothing to offer. Vochman made a strange proposition. He knew that Louisa was pretty and he would loan the money for a week, if he would send the girl to his home as a pledge. She would he useful in the shop to clean the jewelry and dress the window, and as he, Vochman, had a good mother, Louisa would he well cared for. The proposition was resented by Tony, but he was in a fix for the money must he had. When Louisa and Tony's mother heard of the proposition, they made a terrible protest. The girl declared that she could not he pulled there with horses. She upbraided her sweetheart for his mode of living. Why did he not get a push cart like Sofia Kirofsky's man and sell apples, or get an organ and play tunes in the park? These ideas did not suit Tony's ambition, he must play for bigger game than that, and with threats of force he dragged the poor girl to the pawn shop and Vochman counted out the money. Remember, for only a week, Vochman's home was more comfortable than the tenement, and really, Josef and the mother treated her very kindly. She would look pop-eyed at the diamonds as she took them from the safe and polished them for the show cases. Altogether the life was an improvement. One evening while putting the jewelry away, Josef loaded her fingers with diamonds and hung pearl necklaces around her neck until she looked like an Oriental princess. Louisa laughed with joy and Josef told her that they might be hers if Tony did not come soon to restore the money and redeem the pledge. But the week passed and several more weeks, but Louisa's sweetheart did not show up. At last, one evening, he came, dressed in the loudest kind of suit. He wore a heavy watch chain and took out a gold watch and threw it back into his checkered vest pocket. He then pulled out a roll of bills and counted out the money loaned. He was prosperous now; he had become a politician. Josef and Louisa smiled as the young Italian demanded his girl, but Vochman told him he was too late; the pledge was only for a week, and as the time had long since passed, the pledge was forfeited. In short, Josef and Louisa had that morning been married. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Martin Faust Tony Roig Tony Roig See fewer	Lena Rivers (II) (1914)
Ethel Clayton Louisa Louisa See fewer	Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
Harry Myers Josef Vochman - the Pawnbroker Josef Vochman - the Pawnbroker See fewer	City Lights (1931)
Beatrice Throne Marie Marie See fewer	When Tony Pawned Louisa (1913)
Florence Williams Tony's Mother Tony's Mother See fewer	The College Widow (1915)