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  • What's in a Name? (I) (1915)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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What's in a Name? (I) (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy
Alderman Coyle Shea takes an afternoon off and goes fishing. He is rather old fashioned in his ideas of angling, and views with contempt the elaborate and complicated paraphernalia displayed by a young man whom he runs across at the brook....See moreAlderman Coyle Shea takes an afternoon off and goes fishing. He is rather old fashioned in his ideas of angling, and views with contempt the elaborate and complicated paraphernalia displayed by a young man whom he runs across at the brook. A sinker and a cheap line attached to a pole is good enough for Shea, but after he hooks and loses a fish, and sees the young man land a two-pounder with ease, he gets interested in a rod and line. The young man obligingly gives him a lesson. Just as Shea lands a good big one they are surprised by Dave Higgins and his hired man, who have crept unobserved and removed a pile of brush from a sign forbidding fishing on the grounds. They propose to haul Shea and the young man before the local justice for a trespass fine, but the young man sees through the sign trick and when Higgins proposes to let them off for $10 each, he flashes the "stand-by" signal to Shea and proceeds to dump the farmers into the creek. Shea and the young man make good their escape. Shea brags about the fish at home until his wife and daughter, Aileen, are weary. A box of roses arrives and furnishes a diversion. She insists on seeing the card accompanying the box, and finds that one. P. Wadlington Burke, is the donor. Inquiry reveals that P. Wadlington is an admirer of Aileen. Shea announce that no man of that name can gain his favor. That evening he elaborates on his fish story at Dinty's place. Later he returns home, and hears a suspicious sounding smack on the veranda. He makes his wife admit that P. Wadlington is the caller, and he immediately lifts the concealing curtain, revealing P. Wadlington and Aileen. Shea is dumbfounded when P. Wadlington turns out to be the young man of the brook. Then Burke explains that the "P" in his name stands for Patrick. Shea decides that "Pat Burke" is welcome into the family. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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John Steppling
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Updated Aug 21, 1915
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Aug 21, 1915 (United States)

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Beatrice Van
Aileen Shea Aileen Shea   See fewer
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John Sheehan
P. Wadlington Burke P. Wadlington Burke   See fewer
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John Steppling
Alderman Coyle Shea Alderman Coyle Shea   See fewer
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