- A primitive tribe are attacked by apemen and menaced by various prehistoric monsters.
- A gent in formal wear at his club dozes off reading a book about primitive man; we see the dream enacted. Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rivals discover the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow. With this tool, he slays the rival tribe and restores domestic tranquility.—Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
- The imminent struggle between brute force and brains has always resulted in victory for brains as this story of primitive days attempts to portray. The young man dreams he is the primitive leader of the stone club men. His tribe eventually faces annihilation at the hands of the low cave men who have found the secret of his power, the stone club. It is then that the inventive brain is stimulated and gives birth to a new idea.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- On ladies' night at the club, a discussion of man's evolution and possible re-incarnation arises between the young author and his clubmates. Piqued by his sweetheart's flirtation with a rival, the young man drains his first cocktail to the dregs and falls asleep over the tale of "Weakhands and Lilywhite." This is a story of prehistoric days, founded upon the famous Biograph picture, "Man's Genesis," in which Weakhands is shown triumphant over his enemies through the invention of the stone club. The author dreams that he is Weakhands, leader of the Stone Club men, who inhabit the upper caves of a great antediluvian mountain. With Lilywhite and his band, he is living peacefully when Monkeywalk, leader of the Low Cave men, seeks another dwelling place and invades the territory of the Stone Clubs. Monkeywalk's men have just come through a devastating war and there is only one woman left in the tribe. So the Low Cave men covet the wives of Weakhands' men and attempt a raid. Thanks to the stone club, they are beaten off, but they appropriate Weakhands' idea, fashion clubs of their own, and by superior force abduct the women, Lilywhite included. Weakhands and his men, after futile attempts at rescue, are practically besieged in their cave by Monkeywalk, and are facing annihilation when Weakhands makes another invention. While sitting moodily he flicks the string of a whip. The idea of the bow and arrow is evolved. The weapon does such terrible execution among Monkeywalk's men that the Stone Clubs are emboldened to make another attempt at freeing their women. They are successful; Lilywhite and her companions, after several attempts to escape, are rescued, and Weakhands is again acclaimed a hero.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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