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Love by the Pound (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy

Love by the Pound (1914)

Short | Short, Comedy

John Stout was a man of strong family ties, and when he made a lucky strike in the western mining country, his first thought was of his family back in the east. After some thought, he decided on a present which seemed to him in the best ...See moreJohn Stout was a man of strong family ties, and when he made a lucky strike in the western mining country, his first thought was of his family back in the east. After some thought, he decided on a present which seemed to him in the best taste imaginable, so he telegraphed to his niece, Miranda, and informed her that he would give her her weight in gold the day she married. Now, Stout had not seen his niece in many years, or it is doubtful it he would have made so rash an offer quite so lightly. For Miranda was no ethereal, elf-like little creature. To put it as delicately as possible, Miranda had a slight tendency towards avoirdupois; if one wished to put it roughly, he might mention hippopotami as the nearest comparison to Miranda from the material point of view. When Darby Jenks learned of Miranda's prospective windfall, he hastened to Wood B. Wedd with the news. Darby's attitude was not entirely disinterested. Wood B. owed him money. The estimable Mr. Wedd was somewhat taken aback at his first sight of Miranda, but his ideas changed rapidly when he learned that she was worth her weight in gold. When he proposed to Miranda, she readily accepted him, but shortly afterwards a state of affairs was brought about which threatened to make a breach in the pleasant course of their affections. John Stout, in a further burst of enthusiasm, offered to give his niece her husband's weight in gold as well. Miranda made it quite plain to Wood B. that although she loved him with a passion that made the feelings of Issult for Tristram seem cold by comparison, she could not think of marrying him unless he weighed at least two hundred pounds. Wood B. at once consulted the fattest man in town, the storekeeper, and was advised to drink plenty of milk. He did. He drank it by the pint and by the quart, and finally, in a desperate spirit of surprise, by the gallon. And it was all quite useless, for after Wood B. had nearly killed himself, Miranda married the storekeeper. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William Wadsworth Wood B. Wedd Wood B. Wedd See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Arthur Housman Darby Jenks Darby Jenks See fewer	Sunrise (1927)
Jessie Stevens Miranda Miranda See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Frank A. Lyons Uncle Stout Uncle Stout See fewer	The Money Kings (1912)