Flirting with Fate (1916)
1916 · Silent film · 57 min · dir. Christy Cabanne
- Adventure
- Comedy
Synopsis
"Augy" Ainsworth, a young artist, is long on art and short on funds. He sees Gladys Kingsley, a girl of wealth and social position, in the park one day and immediately falls in love with her. He manages to get an invitation to an affair at which Gladys is to be present and is introduced to her. An aunt of Gladys, however learns that he is penniless and consequently frowns on his suit. Instead she urges her niece to become engaged to Roland Dabney, who has great wealth. Despite her aunt's prohibition, Gladys falls in love with "Augy" and he is on the point of proposing marriage. He loses his courage, however, and when Gladys' friend Phyllis tries to help him by allowing him to practice his proposal on her, Gladys overhears the rehearsal, thinks "Augy" is faithless and promptly accepts Dabney. "Augy" determines to commit suicide when he finds how things have turned out, but when he starts to inhale gas he discovers that the last bit of gas has run out of his quarter-in-the-slot meter and he has no quarter. He goes to a saloon to get change and meets "Automatic Joe," a notorious gunman who is supposed to do murder for pay. He arranges with Joe to shoot him at some unexpected moment and then goes back to his room to await his fate. Then a wonderful change takes place. Gladys learns the truth, breaks her engagement to Dabney and sends for "Augy." A relative also dies and leaves him a million dollars. His inheritance makes the aunt only too willing to accept "Augy." Then poor…
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Details
- Director
- Christy Cabanne
- Writer
- Robert M. Baker
- Released
- 1916-01-01
- Running time
- 57 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Christy Cabanne Director
Douglas Fairbanks
Jewel Carmen
Howard Gaye
W.E. Lawrence
George Beranger- Dorothy Haydel
Lillian Langdon
Wilbur Higby
