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Teddy at the Throttle

Short Films • 15-Apr-1917

Gloria discovers her guardian has embezzled her ex-fiancé’s inheritance and is now after her own. To avoid prison, he dons a top hat and chains her to the railroad tracks. Can Gloria’s dog Teddy stop the train in time?

Tags
chase, comedy, crime, golddigger, inheritance, marriage, parody, short, slapstick, tied to railroad tracks, train
Cast
Gloria Swanson Gloria Dawn
Bobby Vernon Bobbie Knight
Teddy the Keystone Dog Teddy
Wallace Beery Henry Black
May Emory Henry's Sister
Blanche Phillips Bobbie's Aunt
Charles Bennett Gloria's Lawyer
Crew
Clarence G. Badger director
Mack Sennett producer

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