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The Tale of a Telegram (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

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The Tale of a Telegram (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Bill and Tom Binks, cousins, are partners in a growing business. They have quite a large bank account, which is entered in the name of the two. While the cousins' ideas are alike in business, they are very different in regard to Lillian ...See moreBill and Tom Binks, cousins, are partners in a growing business. They have quite a large bank account, which is entered in the name of the two. While the cousins' ideas are alike in business, they are very different in regard to Lillian Peck, whose father has an office adjoining the Binks. Mr. Peck has met the boys often, but has preference for Tom. Peck's wife, too, knows the boys well and her preference runs to Bill. Lillian prefers Tom, much to the disgust of Bill. Lillian, while visiting her father's office, sneaks into the cousins' office and is engaged in love-making with Tom when Bill comes in, sees the two and raises a rumpus. He decides to settle the question once and for all by seeking Lillian's father. Bill snatches the only cigar in the office and hurries to see Peck, intending the cigar as a peace offering. After his departure, Lillian tells her handsome lover that he must hurry and get her father's consent to their marriage. Bill and Peck do not mix well and Peck, thinking to be rid of the persistent suitor, tells him that the one who has the most money can have the girl. Bill thinks of a brilliant scheme to win the girl and hurries back for the firm's bank book. Mrs. Peck arrives on the scene, just as her husband tells Tom of the proposition he has made to Bill. This does not suit Ma Peck at all, as she thinks her favorite is being discriminated against. Bill brings in the bank book, and hiding his partner's name, endeavors to show the account as his. Lillian sees the deception, however, and tells her father of Bill's double dealing. Heartened by Mrs. Pick's attitude, Bill takes the book to the bank and draws out the firm's funds. With a list full of bills he returns to the Peck office, determined to win the girl. Lillian and her mother have returned home and Pa Peck, angry at his wife's defense of Bill, throws the latter out into the hall when he calls with the money. Bill leaves for the house to enlist the aid of Mrs. Peck. Tom has learned of his partner's deception and hurries hack to the office to tell Peck. The two determine to fight "fire with fire" and frame up a bogus telegram informing Bill that he is the possessor of a large estate left by a suddenly-deceased uncle, and then another telegram stating that the legacy, which would go to the poorest nephew consisted of 15 cents. Bill gets the first telegram, and as it reads that the fortune will be left to the poorest nephew, he offers the roll of bills to Tom, thinking he will then be the poorer. Tom accepts. Bill tells the girl to phone for a minister, which she does. When the minister arrives, however, Bill receives a second telegram and learns that he has been fooled. Mrs. Peck, disgusted with Bill because he let the money go, agrees to the marriage of Tom and Lillian. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Billy Franey Bill Binks (as William Franey) Bill Binks (as William Franey) See fewer	When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
Milburn Morante Tom Binks Tom Binks See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Heinie Conklin Henry Peck (as Charles Conklin) Henry Peck (as Charles Conklin) See fewer	Hard Boiled (1926)
Lillian Peacock Lillian Peck Lillian Peck See fewer	Hiram's Inheritance (1915)