Jake the Plumber (Jake the Plumber) (1927)
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Jake Schwartz, an apprentice for Fogarty, an Irish plumber, is forced to support his widowed mother on the miserly stipend of twelve dollars a week. He hopes eventually to be able to marry and support Sarah Levine, who supports her entire family by working in a garment factory. While on his way to work, Jake notices the careening automobile of Mrs. Sam Levis, wife of a retired manufacturer, who is subject to fainting spells; mistaking her falling arm as an invitation to ride, he hops in the front seat. Finding her unconscious, he takes the wheel and drives to his shop. Sarah, who has seen him from a streetcar, gives him the cold
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