By Hook or Crook

By Hook or Crook — Plot

Pampered Frederic "Freddy" Pritchard, warned by his father that he must work or be disinherited, learns how to crack safes to help his girlfriend Gloria Nevins, whose villainous uncle holds security for the family jewels, as well as the right to vote on the disposition of the Nevins Motor Works. After Freddy steals the papers with the aid of his valet Smithson, Gloria's uncle locks him in a warehouse to prevent him from attending a crucial stockholders' meeting. Freddy escapes and saves the factory for Mrs. Nevins, who gives him power of proxy. Pritchard, Sr., pleased with his son, consents to Freddy's marriage to Gloria.

• Release date
• September 9, 1918
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Dell Henderson

By Hook or Crook — Cast

Carlyle Blackwell Frederic Pritchard Evelyn Greeley Gloria Nevins Jack Drumier Frederic Pritchard Sr. Frank Doane Smithson Nora Cecil Aunt Marie

J

Jennie Ellison Mrs. Pritchard

A

Alice Chapin Mrs. Nevins

H

Henry Warwick Henry Arnold