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  • Desperate Desmond Almost Succeeds (1911)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Desperate Desmond Almost Succeeds (1911)
Short | Comedy, Short
Desperate Desmond wants beautiful Rosamond, and wants her at any cost. He's desperately in love with her, which fact causes him to do desperate deeds. At the psychological moment, he abducts her with the aid of two minions. Claude Eclaire,...See moreDesperate Desmond wants beautiful Rosamond, and wants her at any cost. He's desperately in love with her, which fact causes him to do desperate deeds. At the psychological moment, he abducts her with the aid of two minions. Claude Eclaire, Rosamond's hero and sweetheart, manages to train the villain, and, after some thrilling adventures, saves the girl and with her bravely plunges into the sea to escape Desmond and his myrmidons. The desperate fellow, however, pauses just long enough to curse the luck and then starts in pursuit with Gomgotz and another wild man from Borneo. Despite the brave efforts of both Claude and Rosamond, the hunters gain ground, or rather, water, for the scene is laid over the briny wavelets. The fugitives soon repair to a semi-submerged, friendly house. There, from the chimney top, they bold the fort. Unable to make any headway, Desperate Desmond conceives and executes a diabolical plan. He puts a bomb in a box, lights the fuse and sends it by the water route on its errand of destruction. Luck does not relish being cursed, and smiles upon the lovers. The faucet is open and the sink running over. The box with its smoking burden tries to navigate under the sink, but the falling water holds it there and renders the bomb harmless. Claude captures the bomb, relights it and, thus armed, turns the tables on his pursuers. With his beloved Rosamond he leaves the enemy stranded and boards the ship to freedom and happiness. Desperate Desmond, defeated and crestfallen, swims back to the ship, but the anchor is as far as he can go, curse the luck! Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Tom Ricketts (as Thomas Ricketts)
Writer
Harry Hershfield (comic strip)
Producer
David Horsley
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Updated Nov 11, 1911
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Nov 11, 1911 (United States)

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William Ehfe
Claude Eclaire (as William C. Ehfe) Claude Eclaire (as William C. Ehfe)   See fewer
Repaid (1914)
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Eugenie Forde
Rosamond Rosamond   See fewer
Cameo Kirby (1923)
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