Good-Bye, Bill

Story

Synopsis

During World War I, Herr Dresser, a German-American professor from West Hoboken, New Jersey, invents a "mustache fixer," which stiffens the whiskers, making the wearer look very fierce. Much to the consternation of Dresser's daughter Elsie, a patriotic American, Kaiser Wilhelm calls them to Berlin to begin mass production of the tonic for the German army. Elsie's boyfriend, Teddy Swift, is particularly disturbed by this turn of events and decides to earn enough money to follow her to Germany. When the United States joins the war, Teddy is among the first to enlist, and soon he finds himself in Berlin trying to help Elsie escape from prison. After several narrow escapes, the two make their way to the mustache factory and blow it up. Brought before the Kaiser, they are rescued when American troops storm the palace, and the Kaiser loses his mustache and the war.

Director

John Emerson

Writers

Anita Loos, John Emerson

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

15 December 1918

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Shirley Mason

  Elsie Dresser

• 

  Ernest Truex

  Teddy Swift

• Joseph Allen Sr.

  Kaiser William the Nut

• 

  Joseph Burke

  Herr Dresser

• Carl De Planta

  Prince Willie

• Henry S. Koser

  Herr Tonik

• J. Herbert Frank

  Count Von Born Effry-Minutt