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  • His Big Chance (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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His Big Chance (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
The girl arrives on a steamer from Europe. She finds a place as maid with the Cliftons. Matters run smoothly until the butler invites the maid for a stroll. The maid declines. Mr. Clifton is called away. Mrs. Clifton takes advantage of his...See moreThe girl arrives on a steamer from Europe. She finds a place as maid with the Cliftons. Matters run smoothly until the butler invites the maid for a stroll. The maid declines. Mr. Clifton is called away. Mrs. Clifton takes advantage of his absence to carry on a flirtation with Trinker, a young fop. There is a bridge party. The maid, for the first time, sees Harsleigh. Thoughts, strange and disquieting, of him fill her mind. It is immediately after the bridge party that she finds her mistress in the arms of young Trinker. Mrs. Clifton pledges the maid to secrecy, promising her the gratification of any wish she may have. The maid, remembering Harsleigh, asks to be taken to Newport as an heiress, Mrs. Clifton is forced to consent. At Newport the maid is quite a lion among Mrs. Clifton's friends. Harsleigh falls in love with the girl and pushes his suit. While walking one day, the pair are followed by Louise Jones who is in love with Harsleigh. She observes Harsleigh propose and the girl accept. On their return to the drawing room, Harsleigh announces the engagement, Louise tells him he is making a fool of himself, that he is marrying a maid. When the maid refuses to tell who she is, Harsleigh denounces her as an impostor. At this moment a foreign Chancellor, a tutor and retinue of maids enter and acclaim the maid none other than a Princess of the Royal and the First Lady in Europe. The Princess leaves with her retinue and returns to the Royal Palace in Europe. Shortly after, she receives a letter from Harsleigh declaring his love for her and begging forgiveness. The Princess destroys the letter and thinks only of what might have been if Harsleigh had not failed when "his big chance" came. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Walter Edwin
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Updated Nov 2, 1914
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Nov 2, 1914 (United States)

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Chancellor Harsleigh Chancellor Harsleigh   See fewer
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Mary Fuller
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