Luke’s Washful Waiting

Hi-jinx at a fire in a Chinese laundry.

Hi-jinx at a fire in a Chinese laundry.

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his “title.”

Luke happens into a spiritualist’s shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.

A Hal Roach film directed by , released in 1917.

A fortune hunter marries a widow, believing her to be an heiress, but she isn’t.

Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence’s cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy.…

Luke, the Gladiator is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.

Luke, stranded on a desert island, becomes chief of the natives. When he pursues the affections of a pretty white girl, he runs afoul of her sweetheart and has to swim back home.

Luke opens a circus, but when local officials discover that his side-show attractions are fakes, trouble ensues.