Matrimony's Speed Limit

Fraunie Fraunholz's stock speculations have turned out terribly. He tries to break off his engagement to Marian Swayne -- what will they live on? -- but she has faith in him. She offers him her savings, but he won't take them. But Miss Swayne will not be thwarted. She sends him a telegram that a rich relative has died and he will inherit, but only if he is married very soon: in twelve minutes, to be precise.

Good thing this is a 14-minute movie. That gives him leeway. He asks various women to marry him, but none take him seriously. Meanwhile, Miss Swayne is on her way.

You can look on this as a feminist tract by the first woman director and the first woman to head her own studio. I think it's a fairly funny short making fun of improvident men and the women who love them.