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  • Jerry and the Moonshiners (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Jerry and the Moonshiners (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Jerry has boarded a freight and has successfully secluded himself from the watchful train crew. He is about to alight at a station when the town constable detects him. There is no way of escape and as he is about to give up, a bright idea ...See moreJerry has boarded a freight and has successfully secluded himself from the watchful train crew. He is about to alight at a station when the town constable detects him. There is no way of escape and as he is about to give up, a bright idea comes to Jerry. He has with him a big roll of stage money and with it he bribes the "law." Making for the town tavern, Jerry believes that he can fool the man behind the bar with his fake money. Meanwhile, the constable gathers his cronies together and as they make merry the bartender discovers that the bill handed him by the guardian of the law is a fake. A fight results and in the mix-up Jerry escapes. In his wild dash for liberty Jerry comes across a settlement of moonshiners. He hides until all are out of sight, excepting the pretty daughter of one of the band. A flirtation follows and the girl accepts Jerry's advances. Soon the mother appears and the girl, frightened, runs away while Jerry is looking in another direction. The mother takes her place, as Jerry continues his scene, unaware that the girl has left. The father arrives upon the scene to find a strange man making love to his wife. Jerry sneaks off, reaches the cabin, and is admitted by the girl, but, fearing her father's anger, she induces Jerry to hide in the attic. The moonshiners join the father in the hunt for the stranger, but the girl will not betray her new flame. The angry men start firing off their revolvers in every direction and several bullets pierce the ceiling, one of which smashes a bottle of wine which Jerry is drinking. The liquor leaks through a crack in the floor and drips to the floor below, divulging Jerry's hiding place. The moonshiners rush upstairs, but as they show their heads above the flooring, Jerry greets them with bottle after bottle, well aimed. Revenue officers who are searching for the moonshiners are attracted by the shooting. Jerry sees them from a window and decides to escape, when, noticing the constable with them, changes his mind and comes downstairs, and, after a small riot manages to get out of the cabin, only to run into the arms of of the revenue officers. To save himself, Jerry offers to show them the way to the moonshiners' camp. His invitation is accepted, and the revenue men capture the moonshiners and the father. As they are led away, Jerry shows pleasure, believing that he will be left to woo the pretty daughter, but the constable recognizes Jerry as the man who gave him the bad money and a moment later our hero is also a prisoner. Jerry and the captives are chained together and carried away, while the daughter and mother tramp along behind, weeping bitterly. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Edit Released
Updated Jun 16, 1916
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Jun 16, 1916 (United States)

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