Vitagraph, a predecessor of Warner Brothers, produced a version of this story in 1915 with Robert Edeson.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[4] Myra Gaylord, an orphan with two million dollars, is seeking adventure one day and throws one half of a $100 bill out of a window, offering the other half if a person finding it comes to her apartment. Coal heaver Mike Smagg finds that half of the bill with a note attached promising the other half and giving the address of the apartment. When he arrives with one half, Myra decides to groom him and introduce him into society. His caveman methods attract the women. He balks at obeying Myra, who tells him that society will ostracize him if his background and identity become known. He doubts this, but discovers that it is true, and is forced to forego his top hat and suit and don the heavy clothes of a coal heaver. Eventually, after going back to his old haunts, he returns, kidnaps Myra, and rushes her away on a coal wagon to be married.
^Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collections at the Library of Congress, p. 28, copyright 1978 by The American Film Institute
^Campbell, William (February 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Caveman", Motion Picture News, 33 (9), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1013, retrieved March 25, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
