Film

A Lucky Leap

1916 · 30m · Comedy

Fatty leaves his country home to go to the city. Bess, who lives in the city with her mother and her detective father, takes a novel and goes to the park to read, and strikes up a flirtation with Fatty. The father goes to his office, while the mother purchases a watch as a birthday present for him, but she is seen by a crook, who follows her. When she stops in the park to rest he gets the watch. On his way out of the park the crook passes Fatty and sells him the stolen watch. The crook then tries to flirt with Bess, but is thrown out by Fatty, who has fallen in love at first sight and is invited to Bess's home, after he has made her a present of the watch. When Bess and Fatty enter the house the mother is out in the hall telephoning her husband about the loss, and he starts home immediately. Bess leaves Fatty while she shows her mother the watch he gave her. The mother recognizes the watch and starts for Fatty, being joined later by her husband.

Evelyn Nesbit

Bess' Mother

Edward Sedgwick

fatty

Belle Bennett

bess

Andrew Arbuckle

Bess' Father

Harry Griffith

The Detective

• Roy ClementsDirector
• Harry WulzeWriter

Release date

July 13, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

30m

Genres

Comedy