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Winning an Heiress
(1911) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: John Steppling [James], Dolores Cassinelli [the imagined heiress], Howard Missimer [Chug], Eleanor Blanchard [Mrs. Van Riche]
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 21 December 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was shot in the fall of 1911 at Essanay’s studio in Chicago, Illinois, and on Chicago area locations.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Charley Sapleigh reads in the papers how several rich heiresses had eloped with the family chauffeurs, and decides to learn to drive an automobile, hire out to some wealthy family and win an easy fortune. Sapleigh takes a quick course in an automobile school, and gets a position with Mrs. Van Richley. Although he has heard the name of Muriel several times, he has never seen the heiress, as he supposes she is, but he receives a rude shock when asked to take Mrs. Van Richley and Muriel for a ride, to find that the latter is a pet monkey. This is enough for Sapleigh, who decides to take a more laborious, but surer road to fortune.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute collection).
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 82, 142 : Website-IMDb.
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