The Boarding House Heiress

Old Betsey Older lives in a boarding house in which money-loving Bud Doolittle and wise Tom Dear are also unfortunate boarders. Poor Betsey loses her heart to both of these gentlemen. Betsey tries hard to win the love of these gentlemen, but the harder she tries the less progress she makes. In fact, she gets so tangled up that before long she thinks she "sees things." Bud and Tom try to stake her to each other, for they are both victims of flirting Marian. Tom finally gets Bud to propose to Betsey, misleading him with a phantom legacy. Bud learns the truth of the heiress' real financial position and then leaves her at the altar.

Fanny Simpson

Betsy Older

Billy Quirk

Billy Doolittle

Darwin Karr

Tom Dear

Marian Swayne

Flirting Marian

Lee Beggs

Release date

March 13, 1912

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

20m

Genres

Comedy

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