A Bunch of Keys
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Cast & Crew
Richard Foster Baker
John Slavin
William Burress
June Keith
Charlotte Mineau
Leota Chrider
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Synopsis
Cousins Rose, May, and Teddy Keys quarrel over ownership of an hotel inherited from their uncle. Littleton Snaggs, an unscrupulous old lawyer, arrives to settle the claim after he learns that widow Matilda Jenkins, whom he is courting, has lost her fortune. He tells the Keys that, according to the will, the property belongs to the one declared the homeliest by the next drummer who enters the hotel. After Snaggs courts tomboy Teddy, who he thinks is the ugliest, her suitor, Jonas Grimes, suspects Snaggs and urges the girls to get the copy of the will in the hotel safe. Rose and May disguise themselves as foreign women, while Teddy, dressed as a drummer, is bribed by Snaggs (who does not recognize her) to choose herself as the homeliest. After Matilda, clad in masculine attire, arrives seeking revenge against Snaggs, the safe is blown up. Teddy discovers that the will states that the property may be divided equally. After a battle during which all identities are revealed, Matilda drags Snaggs away, and the cousins resolve to manage the hotel jointly.
Director
Richard Foster Baker
Cast
John Slavin
William Burress
June Keith
Charlotte Mineau
Leota Chrider
William Castelet
Royal Douglas
Fred Wyatt
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The first New York production of the play opened on March 26, 1883. Some scenes of the film were shot in small Michigan towns. The role of "Matilda Jenkins" was played by a man, William Castelet.
