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- A second-generation male maid fights to save the girl he loves and their historic hotel from the clutches of a hostile developer.
- During the World War, Alathea Bulteel, a Red Cross nurse, discovers the prostrate form of an English officer among the ruins of a bombed building in Paris. She cares for him until help arrives, leaving before he regains consciousness. After the war Alathea is forced to find work and, by chance, obtains a position as the private secretary of the same man, who is revealed to be Sir Nicholas Thormonde. Convalescing from injuries received during the fighting, he passes the time in dalliance with Suzette, a pretty demimondaine. Alathea performs her duties so well that Nicholas falls in love with her, despite her plain clothes and dark glasses. One day, Nicholas kisses her, and she leaves his house, believing that he intends to take advantage of her. Nicholas follows her, however, and asks for her hand in marriage; she refuses his offer, believing him to be insincere. Alathea's father then contracts a gambling debt of 5,000 francs, which Nicholas secretly pays. Not knowing of this kindness, Alathea goes to him and offers to marry him for the sum. Nicholas accepts, and they are happy until Suzette reappears. Believing that Nicholas is still interested in the girl, Alathea leaves. She and Nicholas are reunited, however, when she comes to realize the depth of his love for her.
- When shipping clerk Arthur McArney falls in love with pretty stenographer Elsa Owenson, he finds himself in stiff competition with a fat but wealthy broker named Sankey. Elsa's expensive tastes lead Arthur to spend a week's salary on an evening's entertainment, part with his watch to pay their taxicab fare, and borrow money from his friends to buy her extravagant gifts. Finally, Arthur is forced to take on odd jobs and night duty, which so impresses his employer, Hallet, that he gives the clerk a small raise. After Arthur spends $200 on the proper attire to wear to a lavish Halloween party, Hallet calls him to the office that evening, and Elsa attends the affair with Sankey. To reward his employee's dedication, Hallet promotes Arthur to the post of branch manager. Elsa accepts Arthur's marriage proposal with the promise that she will henceforth economize.
- Jimmie Keene is an ardent devotee of the manly art of self-defense and never misses a boxing match when he can help it. Jimmie's father, however, being a deacon in the church naturally frowns upon such affairs, regarding them as brutal and demoralizing. Jimmie buys a ticket for an exhibition of this nature, but in rushing out of the house to attend it, he drops his ticket and leaves without it. The ticket is picked up by the maid, who hands it to Deacon Keene, who regards it with horror. Jimmie returns in search of the lost pasteboard and finds that his father has it. The deacon starts to reprove Jimmie, but the latter turns defeat into victory, by persuading his father to accompany him and judge with his own eyes whether or not boxing exhibitions are a pernicious form of amusement. At the height of the "star bout," when everyone is yelling at the top of his lungs, even including Deacon Keene, who is thoroughly enjoying himself, the place is raided by the police. Jimmie and his father make a tolerable "getaway" down the fire escape, but are closely pursued by a persistent officer, who would certainly have "landed" the deacon had not Jimmie displayed some of his science and "handed" him and uppercut, which sent the policeman "to the mat," where he "took the count." Father and son arrive at their own garden wall and are just clearing it, when the officer overtakes them and making a grab at Jimmie, tears off a piece of his coat. When the policeman tries to follow them, he is stopped by the large and healthy family watchdog, and remains to argue the matter with him. When the fugitive arrives in the house, Elsie, Jimmie's sister, who is "wise" to the whole thing, assists Jimmie in disguising himself in the maid's clothes. The policeman, having pacified "Hector," enters and demands the surrender of the individual who has resisted arrest by knocking him down. Deacon Keene, who is found busily reading a deeply religious book and nursing a black eye, is surprised at the intrusion and denies knowledge of anything. The officer searches the house and finds the torn coat, which matches the piece of goods he still holds and insists upon an explanation. Then Jimmie appears as the maid, and by his coquettish arts wins the attention of the representative of the law to such an extent that he completely forgets his mission and being escorted to the kitchen, divides his time between drinking a bottle of beer and making love to the attractive domestic. He finally leaves, escorted to the back gate by Jimmie. When Jimmie returns to the library, he falls into his father's arms, who embraces him warmly. Jimmie's mother then appears, and is horrified at seeing her staid old husband in such a familiar attitude with a strange maid-servant. But the deacon laughs and says, as his son removes his false hair and cap, "Why, it's only Jimmie, having a little fun."
- Living in adjoining homes at Oakdale, Hal Oilman and Alice Blanchard are childhood friends and playmates. Some years later. Hal goes to college, and while there makes a bitter enemy of Bert Peyson. by exposing him as a card cheat and a thief. Hal takes up college extension and settlement work, and makes it his mission in life. Returning to Oakdale, he finds Alice a beautiful young lady of 19, with a love affair. She confesses to Hal she is in love, but does not divulge the young man's name, and as her father strongly disapproves of her sweetheart, she warns him not to come to Oakdale. Hal and Alice become almost like brother and sister, but friendship slowly ripens into love, with the result that she neglects the other man. Hal is called to the city to take up settlement work, and on the eve of his departure, Alice is persuaded by her old love to elope and goes to meet him in the city, on the same train with Hal. On the way, she confesses she is eloping and he gives her some brotherly advice. At the city station, the expectant lover proves to be none other than Bert Peyson. When he takes Alice's arm. Hal grimly steps between them and gives the rascal just two minutes to make himself scarce. With a vivid remembrance of the affair at college, Peyson, without a word, quickly disappears. Hal explains matters to Alice, but she does not seem to feel very badly over the affair and tells him, "I'm done with a man who runs away from another without a word." He prepares to leave the girl at a hotel when two telegrams arrive, addressed to "Mrs. Hal Oilman," insisting in a half-jocular manner, there must be a home wedding. Both Hal and Alice feel embarrassed at finding their parents supposed they had eloped and do not know just what to do until he takes Alice's hands and tells her he knows a minister who sits up nights. With a smile of confidence and love, they both start for the minister's house.
- A young lady gets a position as a stenographer in a broker's office; the cashier makes a fool of himself and forces his attentions upon the young lady, who promptly slaps his face. This, of course, results in an investigation and the cashier is discharged. The young lady is thus brought to the notice of her employer and, being pretty, ere long a romance springs up which ends delightfully as all romances should.
- Kate, a maid in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Trude, is in love with Billy, the iceman. One morning, while serving breakfast, Billy appears, and Kate entirely neglects the family, giving all her attention to the little iceman. Their love-making disgusts Mr. Trude, and he leaves for the office without his breakfast. Later in the day he is induced by a friend to have a drink. Meanwhile Kate and Billy continue to make violent love, and finally Kate escorts him out to the ice wagon. Still unable to separate, they sit on a cake of ice, and the horse starts carrying through the busy streets and finally returns them to their starting point without either of them knowing it. At length Billy succeeds in tearing himself away, promising to return in the afternoon and take Kate to the movies. He enters a saloon with a cake of ice, and clumsily drops it on the foot of a man at the bar who proves to be Mr. Trude, who is not exactly sober. A quarrel ensues, but Billy buys the drinks, and they become friends. An organ grinder enters with an educated gorilla, which creates so much amusement that Mr. Trude and Billy buy the animal, and Mr. Trude decides to take it home. Cautiously approaching the house they see Kate all dressed waiting to be taken to the movies, and Mrs. Trude awaiting her husband's return to dinner. The men stealthily go upstairs to a bedroom. The gorilla's actions cause such a commotion that the women downstairs start to investigate, and entering the bedroom find Billy and Mr. Trude in the arms of the gorilla. Horrified, they rush to a nearby police station, and a squad of policemen are sent out. They rush into the house expecting to find a burglar, and, when they behold the gorilla, make a swift retreat. Finally the owner of the gorilla appears and buys it back. As he leaves the women rush upstairs, and, discovering their dear ones unhurt, all is forgiven. Moving Picture World, December 8, 1917
- Jack has just won the amateur golf championship, and when college closes, his chum Neal insists that he accompany him home for a vacation. Neal has two sisters at home: Billie, to whom all the world pays homage; and Jane, who is on the verge of becoming an old maid. The boys arrive and have a great time. Jack isn't interested in Jane, but when they arrive at the house and he sees Billie--who is forced by her mother to play the part of the maid so Jane might get more attention, he is lost. There is a big reception given in honor of the guest that night and Jack has virtually to be carried away from his new-found affinity. Billie decides that she will not miss all the fun, so she dresses in her best and slips to the reception. Jack has become tired of the bunch, and his thoughts stray to the maid, when he Bees a swell dressed girl, an exact resemblance of the maid. He rushes to her, but Billie plays the game and pretends she never saw him before. Jack tells Neal the maid is there, but the latter denies it and Jack says they must go home to see if the maid is really there. Billie gets "wise" and beats them home, and when they knock on her door she opens. Jack is in a quandary. Next morning Jack is up early and loiters around the maid until mother comes. He then beats a hasty retreat. Neal goes out to play golf, and Billie tired of her role, accompanies him. When Jane comes down dressed to capture the prize she finds he has gone and she is in despair. Jack wanders to the links, and seeing Neal and the maid talking, thinks his dream of love is over, but he comes up unnoticed and hears her tell Neal how she beat them home from the reception. Jack then confronts Billie and the "maid" is forced into a confession. Jack proposes, Billie accepts him and Mama is forced to give her consent.
- "True love," like Willis Bland's, does not count cost nor consequences; nothing is too good for Elma Ransom, to whom he is paying attention. He is generous to a fault. Even Elma's little brothers share his generosity, he extending his kindnesses most liberally. Elma grows tired of his continued devotion and acts bored and indifferent. Willis' eyes are suddenly opened and he changes his tactics. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." He stays away from Elma for a whole month, and doesn't even 'phone or write her. She grows anxious and unhappy. When she telephones him, he refuses to answer, instructing his valet to take the message, saying: "Willis is too busy to answer." Elma meets him in an ice-cream parlor with his sister; she thinks she has a rival. He spreads a report that he is going abroad. She requests him to call and say good-bye. He does so and bids her farewell. In reply to Elma's request to write her Willis says he fears he will be too busy. He leaves the room. When he has gone Elma breaks down. He returns to get his gloves which he has purposely left on the table, and finds her in tears. Believing that she has learned a wholesome lesson, he places his arms tenderly about her waist, lifting her from her chair, asking her why she is crying. She replies by looking into his eyes and asking him to forgive her for her coldness. He does so.
- A girl poses as a maidservant to test her beau's affection.
- Dave wants to marry Nancy, and is determined to win a reward of $1000 for the arrest of some moonshiners. During a fight, Dave is mortally wounded. As he is dying, he learns that Nancy's father is the owner of the still, and Nancy is the "man" he suspected of being a moonshiner.
- A man and a woman of mature years marry. One of them has a son at college and the other a daughter, and each is in ignorance of the others encumbrance. The home-coming of the children makes it necessary either to "fess up" or to still guard the secret. The latter method of dealing with the situation is chosen, and the young man taking the place of the butler and the young woman the place of the maid opens up some funny situations, which ends in a thorough understanding by all parties and the betrothal of the youthful pair.
- A tale of a wealthy bachelor, good-looking young ranchman, who went to a fashionable resort in search of adventure. And he found it--in double doses--along with a match-making mother, a scheming stock shark and a parlor maid.
- Andy falls in love with Jessica's maid Irina even though Jessica warns him it will never work out. Wendy is insecure about Keith having no insecurities.
- Jerry Dawson is a young man who experiences frequent dizzy spells. His father feels he has become a hypochondriac as a result of an overprotective mother. Jerry's girlfriend Amy encourages him to free himself from his domineering parents, while Casey attempts to find a pathological reason for his symptoms.
- Bernie Mac gets a maid for himself only but the kids use the maid behind his back.
- 1954–19971hUnrated8.0 (17)TV EpisodeElfego continues to help the Mustangers who are being persecuted by the town. After the cattlemen cause a stampede through the Mustangers' crops, Elfego manages to capture the ringleaders and peace comes to the area.
- Dad goes away for an accordion convention, leaving the kids to have a weekend long slumber party with only Jesse to supervise. When the kids are faced with the ensuing mess, Cooper suggests they hire a maid to help with the clean up. Instead, they get Betty, a "cleaning specialist", who watches old movies and drinks non alcoholic mint juleps while she instructs the kids on how to clean. The kids' plans to fire her are flummoxed when Dad gets home and falls head over heels for her.
- The former Las Vegas mayor is shot during the grand opening of a new mob museum, and a maid is killed in the hotel room of a chauvinistic Middle Eastern prince.
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- A candidate for Governor accepts an invitation to dine at the home of one of his backers and finds that one of the other guests is his ex-wife.
- Tucker lives a life of privilege and thinks he can treat his hardworking housekeeper like garbage
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