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The Wonderful Statue (1913)
Short | Comedy, Short, Drama

The Wonderful Statue (1913)

Short | Comedy, Short, Drama

Mr. Dennis has a daughter, Lillian, who is in love with a young sculptor, Dick Harvey. Her father refuses to give his consent to the match. Lillian begs her father to reconsider his decision, and he relents in a measure and says that he ...See moreMr. Dennis has a daughter, Lillian, who is in love with a young sculptor, Dick Harvey. Her father refuses to give his consent to the match. Lillian begs her father to reconsider his decision, and he relents in a measure and says that he will consent on the one condition that Harvey produce within three months a statue as beautiful as any masterpiece of the old Greek sculptors. Harvey sets to work and finishes the statue. Mr. Dennis asks that it be sent to his home for inspection. Lillian and her aunt, Miss Brown, visits the studio. While examining the statue, the aunt stumbles against it, and it is thrown to the ground and broken to pieces. At first the position seems hopeless, but a bright idea comes to Lillian. She will dress herself in white and pose as the statue in her father's library. Her father is delighted with the statue, he is shortsighted and Lillian, knowing this, has hidden his spectacles, so he does not detect the deception. Her father refuses to part with it, gives Harvey a check for $20,000 and the young sculptor takes his departure. The old gentleman sits and gazes enraptured at the wonderful statue; he even has his meals brought to him, that he may remain with it. Lillian becomes exhausted and when her father is not looking, steals some food, drinks his wine, and turns off the lights. This causes her father to become alarmed, believing the statue bewitched, and he takes up a chair, about to destroy it, when Lillian, terrified, jumps down from the pedestal and screams. Her father faints. Harvey puts the pedestal in the case, and when Mr. Dennis revives, offers to take it out for him, but Mr. Dennis says no; he does not want to look at it any more, that he shall take it away. He then takes Lillian's hand and places it in Harvey's. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
John Bunny Mr. Dennis Mr. Dennis See fewer	Her Old Sweetheart (1912)
Lillian Walker Lillian Dennis - the Daughter Lillian Dennis - the Daughter See fewer	Hearts and the Highway (1915)
Courtenay Foote Dick Harvey Dick Harvey See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)
Flora Finch Actress Actress See fewer	The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Rose Tapley Actress Actress See fewer	As You Like It (1912)