The High Cost of Flirting
1915-07-07 · 20 min · ★ 8.0
Ethel Dunne and Jack Blakeney are sweethearts, despite the objections of Ethel's father. Mr. Dunne has just admonished the young couple when he is entrapped by a flirtatious gypsy beauty. When an innocent but comprising, situation occurs the gypsy’s husband Tony appears and demands $1,000 in a designated spot to escape an Italian bomb. Ethel and Jack find the note so when Dunne leaves the money, Jack arrests Tony and banks the money to Ethel's credit. Arriving home Father Norton tells of his great bravery in foiling the designing gypsy, but Jack and Ethel reveal their part in the little comedy.
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- W. H. Burton
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- American Film Manufacturing Company
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- United States of America
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Winifred GreenwoodEthel Dunne
Edward CoxenJack Blakeney
John StepplingMr. Dunne - Ethel's Father
George FieldTony Ungaro
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