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  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Caught by a Thread (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short
Mr. Newlywed frequently has very important engagements. His wife is suspicious of his many "business" engagements and tries to follow him but in vain. One night as she is sewing he advances the same old plea, and starts out. Suddenly she ...See moreMr. Newlywed frequently has very important engagements. His wife is suspicious of his many "business" engagements and tries to follow him but in vain. One night as she is sewing he advances the same old plea, and starts out. Suddenly she gets an idea and when she goes to kiss him good-bye, she slips a spool of thread into his pocket and holds the end. Newlywed leaves and arrives at the house of his friend where a friendly little game is in progress. Just as he is about to enter, he notices the thread in his pocket. He realizes the trap his wife has set for him, and catching a messenger boy, hands him some coin and tells him to take the thread and walk about. The messenger sets out on his walk. Wifie at the end of the thread is trying to keep up. Her body aches all over from the constant walking but her spirit keeps her going. Meanwhile, Newlywed has made a "cleaning" and leaves the game with a pocket full of bills. Coming out he is approached by a friend who is having trouble with his motor. Hubby pulls his coat off, lays it on the running board of the car and sets in to help. A ragged hanger-on sees the coat, and seeing a chance to get a coat, sneaks off with it. Meeting his girl he puts the coat on and is telling her about it, when the messenger boy comes along. He is getting tired of trailing the thread around so he slips it in the pocket of the coat which he recognizes as the property of the man who gave him the thread and hurries away. Wifie is still at the end of the thread and coming around the corner spies a man whom she thinks is hubby. She resolves to be revenged; grabs him by the neck. The poor thief, thinking the owner of the coat has him, slips out of the coat and takes to his heels. Wifie recognizes the coat but not the wearer, so, discouraged at not finding hubby she goes home. Arriving home she absently runs her hand in the pocket and finds it full of bills. Hubby arrives home, coatless, moneyless and discouraged. He dejectedly sinks in a chair, and in answer to Wifie's anxious questions, tells her that everything is all right. He notices his coat in the chair in which he is sitting and stealthily tries to reach in the pocket, but Wifie laughs to herself. The story closes when hubby resolves never to lie to Wifie again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Al Christie (as Al E. Christie)
Writer
Tom Gibson (scenario)
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Updated May 4, 1915
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May 4, 1915 (United States)

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