Waiter No. 5
Waiter No. 5
Release: 1910-11-03
·Runtime: 17m
Drama
After conducting a raid on a Rebel camp, a Czarist officer discovers that his wife has joined the revolutionaries. Out of loyalty to his wife, the officer resigns his commission and escapes with her to America. Several years later, the ex-officer is gainfully employed as a waiter in a Russian restaurant. For the sake of his grown son, who is engaged to marry a wealthy socialite, our hero pretends to be a man of great wealth and prestige. The truth is revealed in the final scene, but "Waiter Number 5" is saved from disgrace by the timely arrival of his former superior officer.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast
Jack Pickford
as The Chief of Police's Son (as a boy)
Charles West
as The Chief of Police's Son (as an adult)
Mary Pickford
as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée
Grace Henderson
as The Chief of Police's Son's Fiancée's Mother
George Nichols
as The Chief of Police
Claire McDowell
as The Chief of Police's Wife