1915SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
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.
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.
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MAN AT DINING ROOM TABLE READING, MOTHER-IN-LAW ENTERS, THEY DINE TOGETHER IN ORNATELY DECORATED SURROUNDINGS. WELL-TO-DO HOUSEHOLD
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WOMAN PRIMPING IN FRONT OF BEDROOM MIRROR, POWDERS HER FACE IN HAND HELD MIRROR, LEAVES ROOM
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ENTERS DINING ROOM DANCING, GRABS HUSBAND, KISSES HUSBAND ON THE CHEEK, MAKES HIM DANCE WITH HER
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MAID BRINGS IN TELEGRAM FROM ANOTHER DAUGHTER
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MAN OF THE HOUSE ORCHESTRATING PORTER BRINGING TRUNK DOWNSTAIRS
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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
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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
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COUPLE DANCING, WOMAN ON PHONE AS SHE DANCES, CALLS COUPLE TO COME OVER. WOMEN DANCING AS THEY TALK ON TELEPHONE.
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WOMAN TRYING TO CONVINCE HUSBAND TO GO DANCING HE COMPLIES. WIFE PULLING HUSBAND OUT THE DOOR
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INTERIOR HOUSEFUL OF COUPLES DANCING, MAID ANSWERS DOOR, DANCING PARTY. FOX TROT.
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MAN SNEAKS AWAY FROM PARTY TO SMOKE. SMOKING BEHIND CURTAIN. OLD WOMAN FINDS HIM, GETS HIM TO DANCE WITH HER
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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.
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MAN GETS THE IDEA TO PRETEND HE HURT FOOT, WOMAN PICKS UP THE TELEPHONE, HANDS TO INJURED MAN
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CUTS BACK & FORTH TO COUPLE TALKING ON PHONE
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MAN FEIGNING INJURY HELPED TO HIS FEET HOBBLING
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CONCERNED WIFE PREPARING HOUSE FOR INJURED HUSBAND FLUFFING UP PILLOWS
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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
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WIFE HELPING HUSBAND USING A CRUTCH TO GET OUT OF HOUSE NEXT MORNING
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WIFE MOPING AROUND THE HOUSE
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AS SOON AS MAN IS OUT OF VIEW, STARTS WALKING NORMALLY, WIFE LOOKS OUT WINDOW & CATCHES HIM & SHE'S MAD!
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MAN WALKS INTO OFFICE, HITS MAN IN ARM WITH HIS CRUTCH, MAN MOVES OUT OF CHAIR, HE SITS DOWN AT DESK
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WIFE COMES DOWN STAIRS, LEAVES HOUSE
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BOSS DICTATING LETTER TO SECRETARY, WIFE WALKS IN, LISTENS, CLOSES DOOR, LEAVING UNSEEN
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MAN HOBBLES INTO HOUSE, WIFE IGNORES HIM, GOES UPSTAIRS
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AS SOON AS SHE'S OUT OF SIGHT, HE WALKS FINE
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WIFE COMES BACK DOWN STAIRS, SNEAKS CRUTCH AWAY, HE GETS UP WALKING, SHE HIDING BEHIND CURTAIN SEES HIM
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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
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