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A Raffle for a Husband (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short

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A Raffle for a Husband (1916)

Short | Comedy, Short

Dick Benson discovers that his finances are at a low ebb. In order to pay his persistent creditors it is necessary for him to raise money quickly. In the midst of his worries Jack, his friend, comes in and learns of his distress. They ...See moreDick Benson discovers that his finances are at a low ebb. In order to pay his persistent creditors it is necessary for him to raise money quickly. In the midst of his worries Jack, his friend, comes in and learns of his distress. They endeavor to think up some way of raising the money. Tillie is the maid and general pest of the boarding house. She is suffering from a case of love with the iceman, who goes by the name of Bill. Jack tells his friend that there is only one chance to raise the money quickly, and that is to have a raffle, Dick to be the prize. They will have one thousand chances at $25 a chance, and the lucky girl will have Dick for a husband. Dick agrees with this scheme and the two arrange to put it in operation. Jack attends to the business arrangements, has the tickets printed and inserts notices in the papers. It proves an immediate success and all the girls hurry to get their tickets. Among the inhabitants of the boarding house is Ethel Manners. She is accustomed to take a walk every morning, and one day as she enters the apartment she drops her gloves near the door. Dick discovers the gloves, and knocking upon the door, meets Ethel. She thanks him for his kindness in finding the gloves, and Dick is much struck with her appearance. He determines to see more of the girl, and as the days pass they become friendly. The tickets meanwhile are being rapidly sold. In the course of time Dick and the girl come to an understanding. Dick is on the eve of proposing when he suddenly thinks of the impending raffle and abruptly stops his love-making. He tries to tell Ethel of the raffle, but she cannot understand. Finally, when he shows her notice of the raffle she flies into a rage and refuses to have anything further to do with him. He returns home and proceeds to bawl his friend Jack out for suggesting such a crazy scheme. They have hot words, and Jack, believing his friend's mind unbalanced by the trouble, leaves in a peeve and decides to have nothing else to do with the raffle. Tillie and Bill have progressed in their love affair and are waiting for an opportune moment to get married. Dick sees a bunch of tickets lying on his table, and in a moment of inspiration decides to give them to Ethel, hoping that among them she will get the winning number. Unnoticed by him, one of the tickets drops in his waste basket and it is found later by Tillie when she cleans the room. She does not know what it is, but keeps it. Ethel thinks it is a good scheme and she and Dick make up. The day of the drawing arrives and there is much excitement as to who will be the winner. Finally an extra edition of the paper announces the drawing completed and states that the winner is No. 417. Ethel runs through her tickets, believing she has the number, but she is disappointed. Tillie comes to clean up the room and sees the tickets and she realizes they are like the one she found. A bit later she sees the notice, and upon comparing her ticket finds it is the winning number. She slips out of the room and upon meeting Bill is very sad. She tells Bill that she has the winning ticket and will be forced to marry Dick. Bill decides to settle the matter in his own way. Tillie persuades him to let affairs go and he kisses her, believing it is their last farewell. Dick is reading the paper, hopefully praying that Ethel will be the winner. He is interrupted by the arrival of Tillie, who claims the honor. Dick flies into a rage and poor Tillie flees in fear of her life. Dick hurries to Ethel and pleads with her to save him from an awful fate. The only chance for him will be in elopement, and he begs the girl to elope with him that night. She promises and they arrange to get married that night. Tillie seeks protection with Bill and pleads with him to "elope" with her, as the guy that she was to marry is crazy. Bill is pleased with the idea and they arrange for their elopement. Late that night at the apartment house there are two mysterious elopements, Bill has a hard time getting Tillie and her many sacks and bundles down the ladder, and Dick has an equally hard time with Ethel, her trunk, hats and bird cage. Both couples finally safely reach the ground, and, on starting off, they bump into each other. At first Dick and Tillie think that each is pursuing the other, but explanations finally follow and each couple wishes the other a happy honeymoon. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Milburn Morante Dick Benson Dick Benson See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Gale Henry Tillie - the Maid Tillie - the Maid See fewer	Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Kidnapping the King's Kids (1915)
Billy Franey Bill - the Iceman Bill - the Iceman See fewer	When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
Lillian Peacock Ethel Manners Ethel Manners See fewer	Hiram's Inheritance (1915)
Heinie Conklin Jack (as Charles Conklin) Jack (as Charles Conklin) See fewer	Hard Boiled (1926)