The Laird of McGillicuddy
About The Laird of McGillicuddy
Louise breaks her engagement to Charles. For revenge, Charles and his friends dress up Kees, a milkman, as a Scottish lord and send him to the ball to impress her. Kees dances badly with Louise and, flustered, admits he is only the milkman. Charles pretends his friends arranged the joke, then tries to hit Kees. Louise stops the fight, and she and Charles kiss.
Cast & crew
More about The Laird of McGillicuddy
An Essanay one-reeler released in the United States on January 23, 1913. Listings give 15 minutes. Augustus Carney, Ruth Stonehouse, Bryant Washburn, Billy Mason, Jess Robbins, and Dolores Cassinelli are in the cast. No director is named on the Wikidata entry.
Themes
Preservation
Eye Filmmuseum holds a print catalogued as FLM37134.
Notes
- The Dutch synopsis that circulates with the film names the milkman Kees and the couple Charles and Louise.
- A Wikimedia file of the picture is labeled as an Eye Filmmuseum print, FLM37134.
- Carney is billed in some cast lists as the milkman who becomes the laird.
- The ball is the whole trick: a lord who cannot dance.
Scenes
- Kees, in costume, tells Louise he is the milkman.
- Louise stops Charles from hitting him, and the couple kiss.