A Night Out
Cast & Crew
George D. Baker
May Robson
Flora Finch
Kate Price
Eva Taylor
Hughie Mack
Film Details
Synopsis
Granmum, who married a man of severe demeanor, enjoys a respite from restraint late in life in the companionship of her two rambunctious grandsons, Jack and Paul. Although her daughter, Mrs. Haslem, bosses her and treats her sons like boys, Jack and Paul carouse at the Three Lights café, while Granmum reads trashy novels and pretends to sleepwalk to divert attention from her grandsons' late entrance. When Granmum learns that her grandsons love neighbors Betty and Grace Duncan, she gives Mrs. Duncan a ring for the first couple that marries. Waldo Deacon, whose father Jonas is the Purity League president, steals the ring and gives it to Nitza, a dancer at the Three Lights. When Granmum accompanies the boys to the café, where owner Jeff Dorgan teaches her to tango, Jonas, who tried to shake down Jeff, leads a police raid. During an investigation, Granmum's ring is found in Nitza's possession and Waldo confesses. Granmum refuses to press charges and delivers a humorous speech about her night out, after her engagement to Jeff and those of her grandsons are announced.
Director
George D. Baker
Cast
May Robson
Flora Finch
Kate Price
Eva Taylor
Hughie Mack
William Shea
Charles Brown
George Cooper
Belle Bruce
Ethel Corcoran
Jack Storey
Arthur Cozine
Frank Bunny
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
May Robson starred in the stage production. It was renamed A Night Out when it toured during the 1912-13 season. According to the Variety review, Belle Bruce played the character of "Grace" and Ethel Corcoran played the character of "Betty," whereas other reviews have these roles switched. The film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on December 19, 1915.
