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Americans After All (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

Americans After All (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Four members of a German street band in a small town are married to women of other nationalities and sympathies. Wurst to an Irishwoman; Kline to an Irishwoman; Muller's wife is French, and Keller's Italian. The younger member of the band,...See moreFour members of a German street band in a small town are married to women of other nationalities and sympathies. Wurst to an Irishwoman; Kline to an Irishwoman; Muller's wife is French, and Keller's Italian. The younger member of the band, Peter Kline, is American born, of American sympathies, and the same is to be said of Marie Wurst, daughter of the manipulator of the bass drum. The band repairs to a saloon for refreshment, just as the news comes through Casey, a quarrelsome Irishman, that Ireland has espoused the cause of England in the war of the Nations. Disputes lead to a fight in which the members of the band are thrown from the saloon, bruised and with instruments battered. Peter Kline, who is neutral, tells of the occurrence to his sweetheart, Marie, and they agree to avert the introduction into the family circles of discussions that may lead to family jars. Mrs. Wurst goes to the other wives, inciting them to open riot and to the breaking of crockery. Mrs. Keller is averse to taking sides, but is carried from her house by the other women. On the street she encounters a meeting of Italians, who have just heard that Italy, too, has declared war. She becomes fired with patriotism, and hurries to rescue her child from the care of its German father. Again it is too late, for Peter and Marie have rescued Keller and the baby from imprisonment in his own home, and gathering the other members of the band, she finds for them a rendezvous on a freight wharf, where she provides them with temporary lodgings in boxes and barrels, away from their irate wives. When night comes the four wives come to the conclusion that, base as these German husbands are, they are after all husbands, and appeal to the police to assist them in finding them. The police, fearful that they are German spies, orders them under arrest. Matters arrive at a crisis when Marie and Peter solve the problem; the four Germans shall at once become American citizens, and the now enthusiastic Casey shall show them the way to naturalization. The band with Marie, Peter, and Casey repair to the city hall, the first papers are taken out and the four disconsolate wives find their husbands as they are descending the city hall steps playing The Star Spangled Banner, and a table is formed with the wives reunited to their spouses, and little Marie, as the Goddess of Liberty, in the center of the group, supported by her truly German-American lover. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Wangermann Hans Wurst (as Richard Wangemann) Hans Wurst (as Richard Wangemann) See fewer	The Scarlet Runner (1916)
Eleanor Blanchard Mrs. Wurst Mrs. Wurst See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Frances Sanson Marie Wurst (as Frances Sansom) Marie Wurst (as Frances Sansom) See fewer	The Last Rose (1915)
Clarence Elmer Jacob Kline (as Clarence Jay Elmer) Jacob Kline (as Clarence Jay Elmer) See fewer	The Engineer's Revenge (1914)
Kempton Greene Peter Kline Peter Kline See fewer	A Question of Right (1914)
Fred O'Beck Carl Muller (as Ferdinand O'Beck) Carl Muller (as Ferdinand O'Beck) See fewer	Vamping Venus (1928)
Jessie Terry Mrs. Muller Mrs. Muller See fewer	Heartaches (1915)
James Cassady Keller Keller See fewer	The Road o' Strife (1915)