Country: United States
Language: English
Director: Leo McCarey
Writer: Charley Chase
(uncredited)
Stars: Charley Chase, Vivien
Oakland and Gertrude Astor
Release Date: 17 October 1926
(USA)
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Comedy | Short
Charlie is the great divorce
attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While
explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by getting photos in a
compromising situation, his wife inadvertently sees him and thinks the worst.
With the connivance of a doctor pal who lives across the hall, Charlie manages
to bundle his wife off to the country for a rest cure. Somewhat implausibly,
he's randomly chosen by the husband of the other woman to serve as the lover in
the compromising photos they need for their divorce. Further complications lead
to the other woman showing up at Charlie's apartment. He thinks his wife has
been sent off to the country and he'll have a quiet evening by himself at home,
but neither of those assumptions proves correct. Typical farce ensues as the
woman hides under the bed, Charlie contends with the jealous husband, and
Charlie's wife unexpectedly turns up.
Trivia
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and
Television Archives.
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