Her Torpedoed Love (1917)

A young woman works as a cook as the sole means of support for herself and her husband, who, because of the nature of his profession, only works one day a year. She is unaware that her ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Griffin

Stars:

Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Wayland Trask

Cast

Credited cast:
Louise Fazenda	...	The Servant Girl
Ford Sterling	...	Reginald Scuttle, the Conniving Butler
Wayland Trask	...	Her Lazy Husband
Harry Booker	...	Phillip Nobrains, the Master of the House
Tom Kennedy	...	Roy Mulligan the Hobo / False Minister
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Glen Cavender
Charley Chase
Harry Griffith
Frank Hayes
Al Kaufman
Edgar Kennedy
E. Valk
Harry Williams

Storyline

A young woman works as a cook as the sole means of support for herself and her husband, who, because of the nature of his profession, only works one day a year. She is unaware that her wealthy, aging and gout-ridden employer, Phillip Nobrains, has left her everything in his will. Nobrains' crooked butler, Reginald Scuttle, does learn about the will. To get Nobrains' money, Scuttle plans on getting rid of both Nobrains and the girl's husband so that he can enter into what only he would know is a fake marriage with her, she who would become an heiress. To get rid of Nobrains, Scuttle misinforms him of the fact that some submarine pirates will be targeting his upcoming cruise vacation. For the husband, Scuttle manages to get him a job as a cabin boy on the cruise. Scuttle's scheme goes according to plan, until... which leads to mayhem for all concerned.

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Plot Keywords:

two reeler

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

13 May 1917 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Trustful Heiress

Company Credits

Production Co:

Keystone Film Company, Triangle Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Sterling Shines but The Film Doesn't

Her Torpedoed Love (1917)

** (out of 4)

A worthless butler (Ford Sterling) learns that the boss he hates has left everything to the cook (Louise Fazenda) so he plans on killing of that boss as well as the cook's husband so that he can marry her and get all the money. HER TORPEDOED LOVE features a pretty wild story, which could have only come from Keystone during this period. Again, it's rather amazing to watch these films today and wonder why the moral police of 1917 weren't more upset over some of the plots to these films. This one here deals with various stages of murder, stealing a woman and countless other acts yet I'm sure people loved this back in the day. With that said, my love for it wasn't all that strong as I felt that once again we have a film that just doesn't contain enough laughs to make it worth viewing. The film clocks in at 20-minutes, which certainly seems to drag at times and it certainly doesn't help that not too much happens during the first ten minutes or so. The second half finally picks up as we get some action of a boat being hit by the "torpedo pirates" and this leads to a chase at the end once everyone realizes what's going on. Sterling is certainly the highlight of the film as he chews scenery like no other villain could. I really didn't care too much Fazenda as she was a bit too bland for my liking.