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Scooped by Cupid (1914)
Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Scooped by Cupid (1914)

Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

By profession Mabel is a "Sob Sister," that is, she is a woman newspaper reporter. Kellogg is the star reporter on the Herald, the opposition paper. A tip for an important story is dropped to the Tribune. Mabel is the only one on the job. ...See moreBy profession Mabel is a "Sob Sister," that is, she is a woman newspaper reporter. Kellogg is the star reporter on the Herald, the opposition paper. A tip for an important story is dropped to the Tribune. Mabel is the only one on the job. With misgivings, the city editor lets her learn the inside of a bribe charge against the mayor. Kellogg is covering the same story tor the Herald. Kellogg requests an interview, using the name of his paper, and is refused. Mabel sends in her personal card. She is received by the mayor and given an exclusive story. Kellogg, fuming outside the office, hears a stenographer telephone a restaurant for a lunch which is to be brought to the mayor's office. He prevails upon the waiter who brings the lunch to change coats with him. Kellogg enters the mayor's office as the waiter. Mabel's interview, now at an end, the mayor invites her into his automobile. She speeds toward the nearest telegraph office to get her story on the wire. Kellogg finds a sheet of Mabel's note pad upon which is written enough to give him an idea of the interview. He jumps into a taxi and races toward the telegraph office. On the way he overtakes Mabel. In passing, the taxi crowds the machine occupied by Mabel into the ditch. Mabel is injured, Kellogg writes his story, and hands it to the operator. He has won. Then he begins to think of the little "Sob Sister" he left in the ditch. He takes his story from the operator, addresses it to the Tribune and signs Mabel's name. He then returns to his office, admits that he has been scooped and quits. A short time later the city editor of the Herald calls at Mabel's home, where Kellogg happens to be calling, and makes the following declaration: "You and Cupid scooped the Herald's best man, but we cannot afford to lose him and from now on his salary is raised to family size." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Kellogg Kellogg See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Cleo Madison Mabel Mabel See fewer	Her Bitter Cup (1916)
Raymond Russell Actor (as Ray Russell) Actor (as Ray Russell) See fewer	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
Fred C. Newmeyer Actor Actor See fewer	Safety Last! (1923)
William Abbott Actor Actor See fewer	Into the Lion's Pit (1914)