| 00:54:27 46 |
MAN AT DINING ROOM TABLE READING, MOTHER-IN-LAW
ENTERS, THEY DINE TOGETHER IN ORNATELY DECORATED SURROUNDINGS. WELL-TO-DO HOUSEHOLD |
| 00:55:36 115 |
WOMAN PRIMPING IN FRONT OF BEDROOM MIRROR,
POWDERS HER FACE IN HAND HELD MIRROR, LEAVES ROOM |
| 00:55:51 130 |
ENTERS DINING ROOM DANCING, GRABS HUSBAND, KISSES
HUSBAND ON THE CHEEK, MAKES HIM DANCE WITH HER |
| 00:56:10 149 |
MAID BRINGS IN TELEGRAM FROM ANOTHER
DAUGHTER |
| 00:56:46 185 |
MAN OF THE HOUSE ORCHESTRATING PORTER BRINGING
TRUNK DOWNSTAIRS |
| 00:56:53 192 |
MAN FULL OF HIMSELF DANCING AROUND, MOTHER-IN-LAW
IS GOING HOME, HERSELF WALKS DOWN THE STAIRS, HE FEIGNS TEARS, HIDING BEHIND HANDKERCHIEF SAYING GOODBYE TO MOTHER-IN-LAW. WIPES HER LIPS WITH HANKIE, THEN GIVES MUMSEY A KISS, LINK ARMS EXIT |
| 00:57:33 232 |
MAID TAKING AWAY PLATES FROM TABLE AFTER DINNER,
WIFE GETS UP DANCING, WANTS TO GO DANCING, HE FEIGNS TIREDNESS, SITS ON CHAIR READING, WIFE GETS HIM UP & DANCING |
| 00:58:38 297 |
COUPLE DANCING, WOMAN ON PHONE AS SHE DANCES,
CALLS COUPLE TO COME OVER. WOMEN DANCING AS THEY TALK ON TELEPHONE. |
| 00:58:47 306 |
WOMAN TRYING TO CONVINCE HUSBAND TO GO DANCING
HE COMPLIES. WIFE PULLING HUSBAND OUT THE DOOR |
| 00:59:23 342 |
INTERIOR HOUSEFUL OF COUPLES DANCING, MAID
ANSWERS DOOR, DANCING PARTY. FOX TROT. |
| 01:00:00 379 |
MAN SNEAKS AWAY FROM PARTY TO SMOKE. SMOKING
BEHIND CURTAIN. OLD WOMAN FINDS HIM, GETS HIM TO DANCE WITH HER |
| 01:00:45 424 |
COUPLE FOX TROTTING IN PRIVATE ROOM, MAN ENTERS,
KICKS THEM OUT, SITS & READS PAPER & SMOKES CIGARETTES. CU BLURB IN NEWSPAPER ABOUT A DANCER WHO INJURED HER FOOT. |
| 01:01:15 454 |
MAN GETS THE IDEA TO PRETEND HE HURT FOOT, WOMAN
PICKS UP THE TELEPHONE, HANDS TO INJURED MAN |
| 01:01:40 479 |
CUTS BACK & FORTH TO COUPLE TALKING ON PHONE
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| 01:02:03 502 |
MAN FEIGNING INJURY HELPED TO HIS FEET HOBBLING
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| 01:02:18 517 |
CONCERNED WIFE PREPARING HOUSE FOR INJURED HUSBAND
FLUFFING UP PILLOWS |
| 01:02:25 524 |
INJURED MAN HELPED OUT OF AUTOMOBILE, WIFE COMES
COMES OUT OF HOUSE, HELPS HUSBAND INTO HOUSE WITH MAID, PUTS HIS FEET UP, TAKES OFF HIS SHOES PAMPERING HIM |
| 01:03:36 595 |
WIFE HELPING HUSBAND USING A CRUTCH TO GET OUT
OF HOUSE NEXT MORNING |
| 01:03:46 605 |
WIFE MOPING AROUND THE HOUSE
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| 01:03:54 613 |
AS SOON AS MAN IS OUT OF VIEW, STARTS WALKING
NORMALLY, WIFE LOOKS OUT WINDOW & CATCHES HIM & SHE'S MAD! |
| 01:04:13 632 |
MAN WALKS INTO OFFICE, HITS MAN IN ARM WITH
HIS CRUTCH, MAN MOVES OUT OF CHAIR, HE SITS DOWN AT DESK |
| 01:04:24 643 |
WIFE COMES DOWN STAIRS, LEAVES HOUSE
|
| 01:04:29 648 |
BOSS DICTATING LETTER TO SECRETARY, WIFE WALKS
IN, LISTENS, CLOSES DOOR, LEAVING UNSEEN |
| 01:04:44 663 |
MAN HOBBLES INTO HOUSE, WIFE IGNORES HIM, GOES
UPSTAIRS |
| 01:04:49 668 |
AS SOON AS SHE'S OUT OF SIGHT, HE WALKS FINE
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| 01:04:53 672 |
WIFE COMES BACK DOWN STAIRS, SNEAKS CRUTCH AWAY,
HE GETS UP WALKING, SHE HIDING BEHIND CURTAIN SEES HIM |
| 01:05:54 733 |
CU WOMAN WRITING LETTER DIPPING PEN IN INK WELL
SHOWS HUSBAND LETTER SHE WROTE TO HER MOTHER REQUESTING HER TO COME BACK & HELP SONNY BOY WITH HURT FOOT. IN HIS MIND'S EYE, GHOST LIKE FIGURE OF MOTHER-IN-LAW APPEARS & DISAPPEARS. HE WIPES HIS BROW, FRIGHTENED BY THE PROSPECT. HE GETS UP, TURNS ON PHONOGRAPH, RECORD PLAYER, REVEALS HIS SECRET TO WIFE & THEY FOX TROT HAPPILY EVER AFTER |
| 01:07:12 811 |
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Year: 1915
Color: Black & White
Genre: SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Description: DRAWING-ROOM STYLE SLAPSTICK COMEDY. MR. & MRS. SIDNEY DREW, LUCILLE MCVEY, ETHEL LEE. MR. DREW PRETENDS TO BE ILL TO GET OUT OF GOING DANCING. HIS WIFE FINDS OUT HE'S FAKING, THEN HE HAS TO DANCE TO A DIFFERENT TUNE.
