A Dainty Politician (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt congressman tries to bribe a third candidate to win a tied election. A reporter uncovers the scheme and falls for the challenger's daughter.

old-fashionedstraightforwarddramaticcampylightplot-drivenromanticmoralistic

What happens

A Dainty Politician is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on corruption political activity during a political convention in which a corrupt politician is running for re-election to the United States Congress. The votes are tallied and the challenger ties with the corrupt Congressman Casey, but a third candidate holds the balance of power. Casey bribes the third candidate to retire in his favor, but the plot is uncovered and the two are ejected from the convention by a reporter who falls in love with challenger's daughter. The film was released on August 23, 1910, and saw a wide national release. Little is known of the actual production, but it received mixed reaction for the plausibility of its plot. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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