An Expensive Visit
About An Expensive Visit
At college, Jack spends his father's money and does not study. When his father comes to visit, Jack has a friend dress as a woman and flirt with the old man. Another friend plays the jealous husband. The father has to buy his way out of the scene.
Cast & crew
More about An Expensive Visit
Willard Louis directed the one-reel Lubin comedy. Credits also spell him Will Louis. The cast includes Ed Lawrence, Oliver Hardy, Raymond McKee, Ben Walker, and C. W. Ritchie.
Themes
Background
A 1915 Lubin one-reeler about a student hiding his idleness from a visiting father.
Making
Lubin shot the college trick in a single reel, with Hardy among the students.
Preservation
The reel survives and is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Oliver Hardy is in the Lubin cast.
- The con is a fake flirtation and a fake husband, aimed at the father's wallet.
- It is a one-reel silent.
Scenes
- A friend, dressed as a woman, flirts with Jack's father.
- The pretend husband arrives and the father pays to get clear.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (An Expensive Visit (1915).webm)
