Film

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

1926 · 1h 5m · Comedy

A "stranger from the city" arrives in a rural town and immediately causes trouble. A struggling father who is in danger of losing the family home to a mortgage. To save the property, the father tries to force his daughter—who already has a local sweetheart—to marry the wealthy "city chap". The comedy stems from a series of identity swaps involving the wedding veil. Two country maidens are involved; one is ignored while the other is wooed by the city stranger. The "unwilling bride" (the daughter) keeps swapping her veil with a "willing bride" to avoid the ceremony. The veil is passed back and forth several times until the city chap and the father's favored suitor are eventually outwitted.

Charles Farrell

Joe Hoskins

Thelma Parr

Tessie Spruder

Peggy O'Neil

Sue Tucker

Irving Bacon

Justice of the Peace

Douglas Gerrard

Steve Hemingway

Edna Tichenor

The Vamp

William McCall

Amos Spruder

• Edward F. ClineDirector
• Mack SennettProducer
• William HornbeckEditor

Release date

January 3, 1926

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 5m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy

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