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  • He Couldn't Support His Wife (1915)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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He Couldn't Support His Wife (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short
Schultz and the Chief of Police are rivals for the hand of the widow. She finally decides to marry Schultz and turns the Chief down. After the honeymoon is over, however, Schultz develops a growing laziness. One morning an item in a ...See moreSchultz and the Chief of Police are rivals for the hand of the widow. She finally decides to marry Schultz and turns the Chief down. After the honeymoon is over, however, Schultz develops a growing laziness. One morning an item in a newspaper declares that a law has been passed, by which lazy husbands will be forced to work by the State and their wages paid to their wives. She calls up her old friend, the Chief, to see if it is really true and if she can secure his aid in dealing with her lazy husband. The Chief is only too glad to perform the task desired, and sets out with his gallant men. Schultz is arrested, and the Chief is by no means gentle in his treatment of the prisoner. Schultz is put to work on the road gang near his home. Day by day he sees the Chief with his wife, and his anger knows no bounds. One day he sees the Chief pay his wife the wages due him and he becomes desperate. That night Schultz effects his escape closely pursued by the guards. The Chief is taking Mrs. Schultz to a Policemen's masquerade ball. Upon their arrival, the Chief discovers they will not admit him unless he, too, dons a fancy costume. Schultz is hiding in the garden. In the excitement, the Chief drops a black mask he has brought, and Schultz, finding it, plans to use it for his own purpose of disguise. The Chief runs into Schultz as he is hiding, and offers him fifty dollars for his costume, believing him to be one of the masqueraders. They have no sooner exchanged costumes, when the pursuing guards come up. The two men, being very much alike, the guards mistake the man in the convict's suit for the man they are seeking and bundle him off to jail. Schultz finds his wife, and showing her the fifty dollars he received from the Chief, a reconciliation follows. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Allen Curtis
Writer
Allen Curtis (scenario)
Cinematographer
Park Ries
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Updated Sep 25, 1915
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Sep 25, 1915 (United States)

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