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Jake the Plumber (1927) -- Lost Silent Comedy ?
PamelaShort20 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Apprenticing for Fogarty ( Bud Jamison ) , an Irish plumber, Jake Schwartz ( Jess Devorska ) is forced to support his widowed mother on the measly sum of twelve dollars a week. He hopes eventually to be able to marry and support Sarah Levine ( Sharon Lynn ), who supports her entire family by working in a garment factory. While on his way to work, Jake notices the careening automobile of Mrs. Sam Levis ( Carol Halloway ), wife of a retired manufacturer, who is subject to fainting spells; mistaking her falling arm as an invitation to ride, he hops in the front seat. Finding her unconscious, he takes the wheel and drives to his shop. Sarah, who has seen him from a streetcar, gives him the cold shoulder, plunging Jake into depression, but Jake's mother and Mrs. Levis straighten out matters. All go as guests of Mr. Levis ( William H. Tooker ) to the races. When Levis' jockey is discovered drugged, Jake agrees to ride in the race, and he wins by default. Three years later, Jake is found to be happily married to Sarah and the father of two children.

This 1927 comedy was produced by the Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation and now sadly remains a lost silent film.
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