The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
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Directed by | Edward Dillon[1][2] |
Screenplay by | Bernard McConville[3] |
Starring | Bessie Love |
Cinematography | David Abel[1][3] |
Production company |
Fine Arts |
Distributed by | Triangle |
Release dates | 1916 |
Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's is a 1916 silent comedy-drama[4] film starring Bessie Love, directed by Edward Dillon.
Plot
Waffles (Love) is a Swedish immigrant who is working as a waitress in Coffee Dan's, a diner. A band of thieves gives her the impression that she is an heiress, and she briefly enjoys a time in a mansion. When the real heiress appears, Waffles contacts the police, receives a reward, and buys the diner.[3][5][6]
Cast
- Bessie Love as Waffles[3]
- Frank Bennett as Carl Miller
- Max Davidson as Shorty Olson
- Lucille Younge as Clara Johnstone
- Alfred Paget as Bert Gallagher
- Alva Blake as Slim Magee
- Carmel Myers as a waitress[7]
Reception
Reviewer George Graves liked the film, but would have preferred it as a straight comedy. He called the direction "adequate", but praised the "always pleasing" Bessie Love.[4]
References
- Notes
- 1 2 Love 1977, p. 149
- ↑ Love 1977, p. 69
- 1 2 3 4 "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- 1 2 Graves, George (January 16, 1917). "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". Motography 17 (1).
- ↑ "Bessie Love in Triangle Drama". La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisconsin). January 13, 1917. p. 4.
- ↑ Collings, Jane (1996). "The Hollywood Waitress". In James, David E.; Berg, Rick. The Hidden Foundation: Cinema and the Question of Class. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. p. 282. ISBN 0-8166-2704-5.
- ↑ Porter, Verne Hardin (June 1918). "And the Elephants Beckoned 'Come On! Come On!'". Photoplay 14 (1): 32–33, 116.
- Bibliography
- Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. OCLC 734075937.
External links
- The Heiress at Coffee Dan's at the Internet Movie Database
- The Heiress at Coffee Dan's at AllMovie
- The Heiress at "Coffee Dan's" at Silent Era
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