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$50.00 for a Kiss
Also known as [Fifty Dollars a Kiss]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by William Robert Daly
Cast: Will M. Cressy [Silas], Adele Farrington [Silas’s wife], Blanche Dayne [Susan]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Joker Comedies]. / Released 9 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Silas and his wife live on the farm and increase their finances by selling milk to the dairy creamery. They have saved about fifty dollars by selling milk, and it is Susan’s daily job to take the can of milk in. Silas is getting the can of milk ready, and as the cow seems to hold back on the supply, he fills the can with water. The hired hand comes along later and drinks a couple of cups of milk, filling the vacant place with water. At last Susan sets out with the milk. On the road an auto hits her and she loses some of the milk, and calling to her aid some water along the road, refills the can. She arrives at the creamery and delivers her milk, which the inspector proceeds to test for purity. Back at the farm, Beffie, a book agent, and her chum arrive and tries to interest Silas in the book she is peddling. He is a wise old “fox,” however, having purchased a “gold brick” shortly before, and it appears that she will make no sale. Bettie, however, has prepared for this emergency by having a camera stationed nearby, and leads the old man on until he suddenly grabs and kisses her. She sends him to the house for a photo of himself, and while he is gone, she gets her chum to develop the picture taken. Silas comes back and gives her “the laugh” when she tells him that she expects him to buy a book. She quickly brings him to terms when she shows him the photo taken of him kissing her. He digs up their savings from the snug hiding place between the mattresses and the book agent leaves him a much sadder, but wiser “rube.” Back at the creamery, Susan is in difficulties. Not only has the inspector found that the milk has been “watered,” but he also finds a frog, which she had probably put in when she dipped water from the roadside. The inspector tells her she will have to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail. She tells him that she has that much at home, so he accompanies her to get it. They arrive at home, and Susan goes to the hiding place, but no money is to be found. Silas is found, and tells them a harrowing tale of how he was held up by burglars and barely escaped with his life. The tale is “too thin” for the experienced inspector and he takes the couple to the lock-up.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 237 : Website-IMDb.
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