Picture Pirates (1916)

Plot Summary

Rube's and Ben's wives are waitresses. An art collector purchases a rare picture and the "picture pirate," representing himself as another collector, calls on the first collector. As he is leaving the place Rube and Ben try to pick his pockets, and admonishing them as amateurs, he tells them to join in with him and try to steal the picture. They take the art collector's wife with them to the same café wherein their wives are waitresses. Ben and Rube leave her there and hasten to her home to steal a copy of the picture, the owner having hidden the original. They also drink some poisoned whiskey left for them and fall into a fit. Later the "picture pirate" pays Rube and Ben for the picture, thinking it is the original.

Full Cast & Characters

Rube Miller

1st Ne'er-Do-Well

Ben Turpin

2nd Ne'er-Do-Well

Lillian Hamilton

1st Ne'er-Do-Well's Wife

Rosie Rosee

2nd Ne'er-Do-Well's Wife

Paddy McGuire

The Art Collector

Lawrence A. Bowes

The Picture Pirate

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