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  • The Beachcomber (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Beachcomber (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Things are slow at Resthaven, until Andy Laflin, traveling salesman, comes to town. The drummer ignores all snubs from the resorters and finally wins favor in the sight of Sylvia, daughter of the resort owner. Hal Benson, her sweetheart, ...See moreThings are slow at Resthaven, until Andy Laflin, traveling salesman, comes to town. The drummer ignores all snubs from the resorters and finally wins favor in the sight of Sylvia, daughter of the resort owner. Hal Benson, her sweetheart, is out to show up the usurper. Andy does well with the ukulele and soon is a favorite with the girls on the beach. However, his firm fires him by mail and he finds himself minus money. A life saver is required and the desperate Andy, who cannot swim a stroke, gets the job. To the accompaniment of the ukulele he is rowed out to each drowning person, but all manage to be saved before he arrives. Hal Benson suspects the doughty lifeguard cannot swim, and effects a "fake" drowning, which brings the great denouement. The girls quit him in disgust; but he gets his old job back and figures that selling neckties is a better business than saving lives, anyway. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Lawrence C. Windom
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Updated Oct 31, 1916
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Oct 31, 1916 (United States)

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Harry Dunkinson
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Sylvia Gonzales Sylvia Gonzales   See fewer
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