The Little Grey Mouse (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Little Grey Mouse (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Felice, the only child of a French widower, is left at a convent when he decides to enlist and rejoin his old regiment in the French army. Word is later received that the father has been killed; and, on the advice of the Mother Superior, ...See moreFelice, the only child of a French widower, is left at a convent when he decides to enlist and rejoin his old regiment in the French army. Word is later received that the father has been killed; and, on the advice of the Mother Superior, she decides that Felice shall remain at the convent, but as she is without money for her boarding expenses, she is allowed to help with the housework. Jack Stanley, with his semi-invalid father, a widower, arrives with Mrs. Webster, a beautiful young woman posing as a widow, who acts in the capacity of housekeeper and companion to the elder Stanley. A strict diet has been prescribed for the invalid, and the convent is recommended as a place where Stanley may secure eggs and honey and other delicacies. Delicacies seem to be scarce, and Mr. Stanley finds himself deprived of the things he expected, as the nuns regret they cannot supply his wants. Felice overhears the request for delicacies which is made personally by Jack in his father's behalf. Thereupon, Felice smuggles out a basket of them from the cellar of the nunnery, intending to leave the basket surreptitiously at the Stanley home. Subsequently she meets Jack on the road, confessing to him that the basket of delicacies is intended for his father and he drives her back to the convent in his car. Felice falls in love with Jack, and he is very much taken with the Little Gray Mouse, as he calls her. Mrs. Webster, although posing as a widow, is in reality married to Jim Webster, "a gentleman crook," who is stopping at a nearby hotel by prearrangement. In the meantime, Webster is planning to work the badger game, and after bleeding the elder Stanley of a large sum of money, to make his get-away with the proceeds. Upon the night settled for the badger game, Jack is summoned to New York by a fake telegram sent by a confederate of Webster's. Felice, upon the evening that Jack leaves for the city, carries another basket of delicacies to the Stanley home. Finding the house quiet, she investigates the lower floor. She makes her way to the drawing room and is startled by the arrival of Webster. She conceals herself. Mrs. Webster joins her husband. They discuss the plan of the badger game. Mrs. Webster dismissed the servants for the day. She promises, in the hearing of Felice, to carry out the badger game. Felice, not knowing what a badger game is, but conscious that it is something criminal, escapes from the room, and starts on a mad run for the convent. Jack's machine having broken down, he is taken up by a friendly motorist, who asks the way to the convent where he is to see his daughter. Felice returns to the convent. She rushes to the Mother Superior with the story she has just overheard. Felice frantically tries to impress upon the sisters the seriousness of the situation, but they will not listen to her, and are about to impose a heavy penance for what she has done, when the stranger and Jack arrive. The stranger recognizes in Felice his daughter. Felice, her father and Jack race in the machine to the Stanley home. Webster and Tim Morse, a confederate in the badger game, are caught in the act of trying to force the elder Stanley to give up a large sum of money, after accusing him of having made love to Mrs. Webster. The impostors are overpowered and exposed, and the "Little Grey Mouse" leaves her convent cage for the golden land of love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Edith Roberts Felice - the Little Grey Mouse Felice - the Little Grey Mouse See fewer	Speed Mad (1925)
Nellie Slattery The Mother Superior The Mother Superior See fewer	The Mischief Maker (1916)
Paul Panzer James Webster - a Confidence Man James Webster - a Confidence Man See fewer	The Black Book (1929)
Inez Ranous Mrs. Webster (as Inez Marcel) Mrs. Webster (as Inez Marcel) See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1918)
Harry Benham Jack Stanley Jack Stanley See fewer	The Dancer's Peril (1917)

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