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The Lover Who Took the Cake (1913)

The Lover Who Took the Cake poster
Directed by
Hay Plumb
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A tenant tries to win over his landlady by complimenting her cooking, because he is in love with her daughter. But once she looks away, he secretly throws the food away.

silent-eralightheartedplayfulgag-drivenshortslapstickdatedwhimsical

What happens

The Lover Who Took the Cake è un cortometraggio muto del 1913 diretto da Hay Plumb. La cucina della padrona di casa viene lodata dall'inquilino che vuole ingraziarsela perché è innamorata di sua figlia. Però poi, quando lei non guarda, butta tutto via. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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