The Heiress at Coffee Dan's

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
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

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. 1 2 Love 1977, p. 149
  2. Love 1977, p. 69
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Graves, George (January 16, 1917). "The Heiress at Coffee Dan's". Motography 17 (1).
  5. "Bessie Love in Triangle Drama". La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wisconsin). January 13, 1917. p. 4.
  6. 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.
  7. Porter, Verne Hardin (June 1918). "And the Elephants Beckoned 'Come On! Come On!'". Photoplay 14 (1): 32–33, 116.
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