All for Nothing - Production & Contact Info

All for Nothing (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

All for Nothing (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Mr. Titus Nutting, an elderly gentleman of independent means, has just perfected an instrument for the boring of square holes, and it is pronounced a tremendous success. To add to his joy he presently learns that his brother Allbut, who ...See moreMr. Titus Nutting, an elderly gentleman of independent means, has just perfected an instrument for the boring of square holes, and it is pronounced a tremendous success. To add to his joy he presently learns that his brother Allbut, who has been a missionary in China for many years, is now on his way home and that he will shortly visit him. The wife and daughter of the inventor are preparing for this home-coming and are laying out a clerical suit which has been sent ahead by the missionary. Lucy, the daughter, is engaged to marry a young man who is an ardent supporter of prize ring, and who revels in the name of Willie Getter. A prize fight is about to be pulled off under the auspices of the local athletic club and the Sport induces his prospective father-in-law to attend the function. The promoters have been warned that prize fighting is illegal and that if they persist in breaking the law that they will be arrested and their club put out of business. The warning is unheeded and the place is raided by the police. In the general rough house which follows one Hesa Sticker, traveling representative of "The Fittem Casket Company," who was in attendance at the fight, is thrown into close touch with Titus and the Sport and with them he makes a hurried dash for liberty. Once clear of the club Titus and the Sport soon reach home. They are closely followed by Sticker who in turn is pursued by a persistent cop and is finally overtaken close to the house of Titus. Sticker puts up a valiant fight and succeeds in breaking from the officer. He scales the adjacent wall as the myrmidon of the law arises grasping the tail of the coat of the flying Sticker. Sticker makes his way into the home of Titus and there he disguises himself in the sanctified suit of the missionary. Titus offers but a feeble resistance to this perversion of his brother's suit owing to the fact that he fears that if he antagonizes Sticker, that he, Sticker, will tell Mrs. Titus that her husband was at the prize fight. In the clerical suit Sticker meets and bamboozles the officer, finally persuading him that he has made a mistake and inducing him to leave the premises. The absence of the cop is a matter of a great satisfaction to Titus and the Sport, both of whom rather enjoy the situation until the arrival of a maiden sister-in-law of Titus puts upon him the task of introducing the undertaker as the missionary. Truly, who has long admired from afar off the noble missionary, to the heathen Chinee, and who neither she nor her brother-in-law Titus have seen for many years, throws herself into the arms of the now-embarrassed Sticker, who, however, makes the best of the situation and returns with full measure the tender embrace of the ancient damsel. This happening tickles the risible faculties of the Sport, but is far from a joke to Titus; the trouble of the latter is added to, when his wife arrives and becoming, as she thinks, aware of the identity of Sticker, throws herself into his arms and proceeds to overwhelm with tender embraces. The Sport has great difficulty in controlling his laughter as he watches the green-eyed monster at work with his respected friend, but presently the joke is on the Sport, for his sweetheart arriving beats all competitors and takes the pseudo missionary to her young and palpitating heart. Murder is prevented by the arrival of the real missionary who is accompanied by the suspicious and angry policeman. Sticker sees that the game is up and remaining loyal to his companions, he throws himself upon the mercy of the ladies and attempts an explanation which, however acceptable to them, is not so to the irate officer, and while the missionary is taken to the respective bosoms of his fond relatives, Sticker is removed to the cold confines of the county coop. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

Contacts

Add

Become a member to see contact information for All for Nothing.

Cast	Add Cast
8 cast members

Name	Known for
Orral Humphrey Hesa Sticker Hesa Sticker See fewer	Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Hugh Bennett Titus Nutting Titus Nutting See fewer	The Secret of the Submarine (1916)
Bowman Johnson Allbut Nutting Allbut Nutting See fewer	All for Nothing (1916)
Molly Shafer Mrs. Titus Nutting Mrs. Titus Nutting See fewer	Purity (1916)
Queenie Rosson Lucy Nutting Lucy Nutting See fewer	The Love Hermit (1916)
Hardy Gibson Willy Getter Willy Getter See fewer	Love and Logs (1917)
Lucille Ward Truly Hissen Truly Hissen See fewer	The Island of Intrigue (1919)
Josephine Taylor Tilly Getsone (as Jo Taylor) Tilly Getsone (as Jo Taylor) See fewer	The Man from Manhattan (1916)