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  • The Call of the Footlights (1914)
  • Short | 6 min | Short, Comedy
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The Call of the Footlights (1914)
Short | 6 min | Short, Comedy
Sophie and Enoch worked in a large hotel; Sophie was a chambermaid, Enoch a bellboy. Sophie was small and plain, but beneath her placid face lurked the fires of romance. In her secret heart she knew she was a genius. Enoch was tall; he ...See moreSophie and Enoch worked in a large hotel; Sophie was a chambermaid, Enoch a bellboy. Sophie was small and plain, but beneath her placid face lurked the fires of romance. In her secret heart she knew she was a genius. Enoch was tall; he approached the conventional idea of a belltower far more closely than that of a bellboy. Apart from his majestic height, Enoch was also plain to outward view. But, like Sophie, he was conscious of dim half-comprehended pulsings of genius within his giraffe-like frame. When Miss Ashton came to live at their hotel, fame's pathway opened out before the astonished eyes of Enoch and Sophie. Miss Ashton was an actress. When she learned that the dearest desire of Enoch and Sophie was to act, Miss Ashton resolved to help them along. She had a very keen sense of humor. Accordingly, she searched among her things, found a play of the deepest and gloomiest type of melodrama and decided that it would be just the thing for Enoch and Sophie. She supplied them with costumes and all other necessaries and set them to rehearsing: the play. The rehearsals nearly killed Miss Ashton. She was only a poor, weak woman and she felt that she could not survive much more of the helpless laughter that seized her whenever the curious pair started to act. But at last the period of rehearsal was over. Miss Ashton managed to get them an opening in a ten-cent theater. It is useless for us to attempt to explain what happened to Enoch and Sophie in that theater. Art is long and time is fleeting. They discovered the first part of this truth toward the beginning of their performance and near the end they learned that there are other things than time which are fleeting: They used a hook in that particular theater. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Charles H. France
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Jan 28, 1914 (United States)

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3 cast members
Name Known for
Cora Williams
Miss Ashton Miss Ashton   See fewer
The Great Mail Robbery (1927)
Bliss Milford
Sophie Sophie   See fewer
Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
Robert Milasch
Enoch (as Roland Milasch) Enoch (as Roland Milasch)   See fewer
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