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  • He Answered the Ad (1913)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
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He Answered the Ad (1913)
Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
John's married life is not a happy one and his wife is the cause of it. He cannot read his paper in peace and she makes him assist in the housework after his return from the office at night. The last straw comes when the Knitting Society, ...See moreJohn's married life is not a happy one and his wife is the cause of it. He cannot read his paper in peace and she makes him assist in the housework after his return from the office at night. The last straw comes when the Knitting Society, of which his wife is president, arrives and takes possession of his home, to enjoy their periodic gossip, under the pretense of sewing. He happens to be in the room when the suffragettes enter and they all load him up with their wraps and bonnets until he looks like an animated hat-rack. He carries their belongings into another room where he locks himself in. While he peruses a paper, he gets an idea. He will answer the "Ad" for a heavy, in the ladies' chorus of a Musical Opera. He selects a dress and other female attire, makes himself up and disguises himself as a leading heavy woman. At the manager's office he makes a hit with the impresario, secures an engagement and gets an excellent contract. The next day he goes to a costumer's and provides himself with several suitable costumes for the chorus. He selects a suitable one in which he attires himself, hides the balance in his wife's closet and takes his departure by way of the fire escape. He reaches the theater in time for the performance and he certainly looks fit for the female Beef Trust. His wife discovers the dresses and hats he purchased in her closet and becomes jealous with rage, concluding that he is buying them for another woman. She prepares herself for the street, determined to have a good time herself. She goes to the theater, and while sitting in a box, is surprised to see her husband come upon the stage dressed as a woman. She can scarcely control herself, runs back of the scenes and when he enters, he gets a surprise which almost gives him heart failure. John decides to appease her anger by showing her the money which he has just received for his week's salary. She is taken aback with the roll, and can hardly speak. John tells her if she will agree to his keeping the job, he will give her the salary to spend as she wishes. At this proposal she becomes reconciled, and tells him she is not only willing that he should be a chorus girl but she will act as the maid. Immediately she sets to work and dances attendance upon him, giving him every imaginable attention. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Bert Angeles
Writer
Eleanor Black
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Updated Apr 5, 1913
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Apr 5, 1913 (United States)

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