Manhattan madness

Duration: 33

Genre: comedy

Year Published: 1916

Creator: Toth/Casselton

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Credits: Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen

Description: Fairbanks stars as Steve O'Dare, a rancher and former New Yorker, who has returned East to sell a shipment of cattle and horses. Reuniting with old friends, O'Dare chides his city pals by telling them that there is not a single thrill to be had in Gotham. Eager to prove him wrong, his former college buddies wager $5,000 that if Steve stays on for one more week, he will experience the excitement he craves. O'Dare is lured to a house to sell his livestock and receives information that leads him to believe that a young woman, who attracted his attention in a cafe, is being held captive. Intent on her rescue, O'Dare, in typically Fairbanksian fashion, performs all manner of acrobatics to liberate the purported damsel in distress. In the end, O'Dare discovers that this entire episode has been staged for his comeuppance. (Does not circulate).Genre/FormFeature films.

Robbers steal the "Koor-Hal Ruby", killing four in the process, and elude the police. Newspaper managing editor Phil Bane sends for conceited crime writer/criminologist George Melville to write stories and boost his circulation. Melville claims the crime was masterminded by Andre Berlea, a man thought to have died four years before.

Complete Record: Fairbanks stars as Steve O'Dare, a rancher and former New Yorker, who has returned East to sell a shipment of cattle and horses. Reuniting with old friends, O'Dare chides his city pals by telling them that there is not a single thrill to be had in Gotham. Eager to prove him wrong, his former college buddies wager $5,000 that if Steve stays on for one more week, he will experience the excitement he craves. O'Dare is lured to a house to sell his livestock and receives information that leads him to believe that a young woman, who attracted his attention in a cafe, is being held captive. Intent on her rescue, O'Dare, in typically Fairbanksian fashion, performs all manner of acrobatics to liberate the purported damsel in distress. In the end, O'Dare discovers that this entire episode has been staged for his comeuppance. (Does not circulate). Genre/FormFeature films.

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