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Parlor Matches

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Parlor Matches

Walter Ben Hare

This little comedy of society life has to do with the match-making proclivities of Mrs. Seltoon. Having arranged satisfactory matches for her two daughters, Mrs. Seltoon turns her attention to her niece, Gail Laurence, a girl just graduated from college. Mrs. Seltoon decides that the cousin of one of her daughters' fiances would make the perfect match for Gail. This cousin turns out to be a moving picture idol, who isn’t terribly fond of women, and who mistakes the new maid for Gail. In a series of mistaken identities, Gail announces she is engaged to Adrian Lee, the moving picture idol, to avoid the attentions of her intended match. She is clueless that he is actually the man Mrs. Seltoon is trying to set her up with. The love tilts between the daughters and their fiances, the dignity of Jorkes the butler, and the tendencies of Abigail Mullen, the maid with a college education, afford a well developed series of subsidiary plots. - Summary by The Author and Jenn Broda

Cast List:
Vance Trelford (a professional hero, who doesn't want to be engaged): ToddHW
Don Radey (his cousin, a serious young man, engaged, thank you): redrun
Ferdinand Poppleton (a frivolous young man, likewise engaged): Tomas Peter
Jorkes (the butler, who may or may not be engaged): James R. Hedrick
Mrs. Seltoon (who believes in engagements): Claudia Caldi
Margaret Seltoon (her elder daughter, engaged to Mr. Radey): Inkell
Suzanne Seltoon (her younger daughter, engaged to Mr. Poppleton): Marie Christian
Gail Laurence (her ward, engaging and eventually engaged): Jenn Broda
Abigail Mullen, A.B. (her maid, temporarily engaged, as it were): Sonia
Stage Directions: TR Love
Editing: Jenn Broda

Year of Publication: 1915Genres: Comedy
Running Time: 01 hour 14 minutes 39 seconds
#Chapter Name
1
The Nights
Act 1
ToddHW
45:49
2
The Nights
Act 2
ToddHW
28:50

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