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Jane Was Worth It
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by George D. Baker
Cast: Edith Storey [Jane], Hughie Mack [Hughie], Edwina Robbins [Queenie], Frank Currier, Frank Le Strange
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Camille Clerissi. / Released 29 May 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Fresh from the country, Jane proves eminently satisfactory as a cook to Hughie, an eccentric bachelor, and his pet cat. When she becomes jealous of the cat, however, and complains to Hughie that it is a nuisance, he tells her quite plainly that the cat is more valuable to him than his cook, so he discharges Jane. Not realizing the difficulty of getting a good cook, he thinks he can easily secure another. Hughie tries a few, and the experiences he meets with are not at all conducive to peace and quiet. His last one, Mandy, a colored lady, proves a good cook, but extremely careless, especially when she substitutes Hughie’s cat for a rabbit stew she is preparing. That settles it and Hughie fires her. Jane, meanwhile, has obtained a position with the Lanes, where, from seeing the young and attractive daughter. Elsie, attending to the preservation and embellishments of her personal charms, she gradually loams the art of tidiness and make-up. Visiting a moving picture show, Jane is struck with the beauty of one of the actresses, and steals her lithograph from the lobby to use for beauty hints in her art of making-up. Her change in appearance to a neat and really pretty girl causes great wonderment among the Lane family. She becomes too obstreperous, however, and they have to discharge her. Hughie is surprised to meet the girl wandering discouraged in front of a church, and after recovering from the shock of her transformed appearance, evidences his admiration for her. Pointing to the open church door, he suggests they enter and be made man and wife. In they go, and are married. After the honeymoon, Hughie, watching his charming and capable wife, smiles proudly and thinks Jane well worth all the other cooks in Christendom and some acquisition as a better-half.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 October 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc.
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