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English: Promotional still from the 1911 film, The Best Man Wins
From the weekly advertisement for Nestor in The Moving Picture World
A MERRY XMAS AND A MERRY FILM
Monday, December 25th, 1911
"THE BEST MAN WINS"
A tender love romance; Dan Cupid's victory; a jolly barn dance; an exciting ploughing bee, and the delightful charm of life on the farm are exquisitely shown in The Best Man Wins. You'll win if you get it!
DAVID HORSLEY, BAYONNE, N. J.
SALES CO. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS
Description on page 1079—
"The Best Man Wins" is a very clever comedy amid rural surroundings in which a plowing contest is pulled off to decide who shall gain the favor of the farmer's daughter. There is considerable competition between the farmers' sons of the vicinity, but the real contest comes off between the young man the girl's father wants her to marry and a young man from the East who has made quite an impression upon the girl and is anxious to marry her.
By some strange good fortune the young man from the East wins the contest and, while the dance is at its height, slips away with her and gets her promise to marry him. It is not to be easy sailing, though, for the jealous lover sees them slip away and, finding the girl's father who has no use for the Eastern boy, makes an attempt to stop the proceedings. The old man finds the young folks and proceeds to read the riot act to the young man. At this point the young man from the East plays his trump card: he hands the old farmer his credentials showing that he is a representative of the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C. This wins the old man's consent to the arrangements made by the young folks and everybody is happy but the disappointed lover. Harold Lockwood plays the part of the Eastern boy with dignity and spirit.
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Source The Moving Picture World, Volume 10, Number 13 (page 1036)
Author The World Photographic Publishing Company, Nestor Studios
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