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When Adam Had 'Em (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short

When Adam Had 'Em (1916)

Short | Comedy, Short

Mr. O. Graidy was wont to spend his evenings at the club. His wife rather liked him to stay at home and his little jaunts were the cause of much worry on her part. One evening when O. Graidy was at the club, Mrs. Marie called on Mrs. O. ...See moreMr. O. Graidy was wont to spend his evenings at the club. His wife rather liked him to stay at home and his little jaunts were the cause of much worry on her part. One evening when O. Graidy was at the club, Mrs. Marie called on Mrs. O. Graidy and when she found that her hubby was a fly-by-night she offered some unusual advice. She suggested that Mrs. O. Graidy join the "Serpent Cult," a mysterious clan ruled by one Sirius Roma, a man from the Far East, who had evolved the theory that "so as a serpent can charm its prey, so shall man charm his fellow man.'' The idea sounded good to Mrs. O. Graidy, so she told Mrs. Marie to lead her to it. Sirius was there waiting for them and gave Mrs. O. Graidy a demonstration of crystal-globe-gazing that quite surprised her, especially when the crystal spoke and told her that the man she could best charm was her husband. Then Sirius charmed a snake by way of further proof, so Mrs. O. Graidy paid her fee and took her booklet, a snake to practice on, and departed homeward to wait for hubby's coming. But hubby was in with a "real'' bunch at the club, and fun was promised when one of the boys entered with a note from a certain Mlle. Parisienne, who wanted to meet a "leetle" fellow who frequented the club by the name of O. Graidy. O. Graidy couldn't see the joke, but the boys got the chic Mlle. on the phone and O. Graidy was forced to talk to her. Her voice charmed him and he promised to meet her at Rectaire's at midnight. But hubby got mixed up in the time and when he awakened to a realization he discovered that it was long past the witching hour. Then while wifey was having a time with the snake, who had escaped from his urn, hubby wended his weary way homeward. When he did arrive home, wifey was napping in her boudoir while the snake snoozed in his urn-house on the mantel where she had placed him. Hubby threw himself into the divan before the fire and recounted the day's deeds. He was a "charmer" because the snake just naturally poked his head from the urn and capered about to O. Graidy's surprise. His commands to the snake, which obeyed him, awakened Mrs. O. Graidy and she set herself for the ordeal of charming her husband. She came into the living room, wild and starey-eyed. Her husband thought she had gone insane until he saw the booklet which she held in her hand and like a flash the whole thing cleared. He pacified his wife into believing that he was "falling for her charms," but capped a climax when he reached and took a saber with which he decapitated the "serpent in his home." Wifey screamed and carried on, but hubby was firm. A compromise was finally effected and hubby agreed to give up a few of his evenings at the club if wifey would cease the "charming stuff" and leave serpents to their own wiles. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
John Sheehan Mr. O'Grady Mr. O'Grady See fewer	The Criminal Code (1930)
Carol Holloway Mrs. O'Grady Mrs. O'Grady See fewer	A Game of Wits (1914)
John Steppling Sirius Roma Sirius Roma See fewer	The Reckless Age (1924)
Mae Talbot Mrs. Marle (as Mary Talbot) Mrs. Marle (as Mary Talbot) See fewer	Gloriana (1916)
Alfred Santell Mlle. Parisienne Mlle. Parisienne See fewer	Winterset (1936)