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Milady’s Boudoir
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Isabel Rea [Nellie, the poor girl], Curtis Cooksey [Jack Benson], Lew Hart [Jack’s attorney], Frank Norcross [the judge]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 28 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Nellie’s great day came when, out of all the girls in the great department store, she was selected to do demonstration work in one of the big windows. A boudoir had been created in the window, and here she was to live for a few hours each day among these lovely things. Small wonder that the lonely little hall-room girl decided to spend one evening in her luxurious surroundings. When the big store was deserted save for the watchman, whom she contrived to dodge. Nellie stole back to the window, still clad in the wonderful gown, carrying her box of crackers and bottle of milk. Here, behind the curtains which shut out the chill of the street, she played at being a fine lady. Meanwhile, young Jack Benson, a wealthy bachelor, had chanced by the store and, being struck by Nellie’s beauty and grace, had been dreaming of her while he lounged in his club. So it was natural that, on his way home, he should pause before the window, now dark and curtained, to conjure up a vision of the girl. As he was about to move on, out of the night, came a wayfarer who, accosting Jack, asked for a light. Next moment Jack was covered by a revolver in the hands of the footpad. Then suddenly Nellie, dreaming within, was startled awake by a crash of glass, as Jack’s heavy stick, missing the footpad, descended on the window. Trembling, Nellie crept to the curtains and drew them aside. At sight of the robber pressing the pistol against Jack’s side she screamed. Startled, the man dropped the pistol and ran. But at the next corner he ran into the arms of a policeman to whom he shouted: “Fellow with a gun down there held me up.” And as the officer hurried down the street the footpad skulked away. Jack was standing with the gun in his hand, looking at the smashed window, when the policeman came up and arrested him. Humorously protesting, Jack submitted to arrest, feeling sure that when his story was heard he would be released. But the newspapers scoffed at his fantastic tale of a young woman who, after screaming through the broken window, leaped out and ran away. And Jack had to stand trial. Actually, Nellie had done as he described. Somehow she reached her hall-room, still wearing the gorgeous gown, and next morning she attempted to smuggle it past the matron, but in vain. Detected, she tried to explain, but was summarily discharged. It was while searching the newspaper advertisements for a new position that she saw a story about Jack and the hold-up man. Realizing that she alone could substantiate the young clubman’s story, she hurried to the courtroom and was soon on the witness stand, narrating the events of that wonderful evening. And Jack, he waited only for the court’s discharge to seize little Nellie and tell her of his love. It was on their return from the honeymoon that Nellie got a big surprise. Jack led her into a room and turned on the lights. There, before her amazed eyes, was the boudoir as it had been, and in a box were all the wonderful clothes she had worn when she was only a make-believe lady.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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