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Lord Chumley is a 1914 American short drama film directed by James Kirkwood. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film began production before November 1913, but it was not released until June 1914. It is based on the 1888 play that starred E. H. Sothern. Lord Chumley was remade into the 1925 film Forty Winks.

Plot

Gaspar La Sage and Blink Blunk decide to plan another robbery upon their release from prison. After Blink Blunk is caught and locked up in prison again, Le Sage poses as a gentleman in England. Lt. Hugh Butterworth allows his friend Lord Chumley to stay at his summer home, and Chumley becomes attracted to Butterworth's sister Eleanor while Butterworth's aunt Adeline is attracted to Chumley. La Sage now runs a casino and defeats Butterworth in gambling, leading Butterworth to lose a large amount of money. The army barracks helps arrange over £1,000 for the widow of a fallen soldier named McGregor and they have Butterworth deliver the money, but Butterworth decides to gamble at La Sage's casino.