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Bill's Wife (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

Bill's Wife (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Mr. Grouch had a well-established bachelor household. One lovely day the entire household are in good spirits. The butler, maid and cook greet each other with smiles and the day promises to be a happy one. Several days before, the owner ...See moreMr. Grouch had a well-established bachelor household. One lovely day the entire household are in good spirits. The butler, maid and cook greet each other with smiles and the day promises to be a happy one. Several days before, the owner had promised to let the servants have the house for a party that evening, and they are full of laughter. Unfortunately Mr. Grouch wakes up that morning peeved. Soon the entire household is in a state of gloom. Sally Smith and her little brother live together and have difficulty making ends meet. Jimmy attends school during the day. Sally learns that Mr. Grouch has fired his secretary and applies for the position. She is taken to Grouch, who sits like a frozen iceberg, and even the girl's inherent friendliness receives a shock. She is abruptly told that she is too pretty for the place and dismissed. Her departure is made pleasant by the butler, who remembers her smile, and tries to cheer her up. That evening Grouch takes a ride in his car. Due to the atmosphere of Grouch surrounding him, the chauffeur gets peeved. They stop at a store and the chauffeur fails to close the door after his employer leaves. Jimmie passes and on an impulse climbs into the car. He is unnoticed until the car goes some distance. Grouch then finds him and roughly shoves the child out. As the door is slammed shut his fingers get caught, and he bravely tries to keep from crying. The sight of the child in pain, but repressing his desire to cry aloud, reaches the crusty old heart of the bachelor, and he takes the child to a drugstore to be fixed up. After the fingers get bandaged he insists on taking the child home. Sally is beginning to worry about the absence of the child, when she hears the auto stop. Through the efforts of Jimmy, Grouch is persuaded to partake of the waiting supper, and it is indeed a treat. His habitual scowl disappears and he thinks of the chauffeur waiting below. With an explanation he gives the driver a large tip and tells him to notify the servants they can go on with their party as planned. Thus the smile starts its rounds and reaches even further than the grouch. Sally is offered the secretary's job. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Myrtle Gonzalez Sally Smith Sally Smith See fewer	The Level (1914)
Frankie Lee Jimmie Jimmie See fewer	Jinx (1919)
Alfred Allen Mr. Grouch Mr. Grouch See fewer	An Old Fashioned Boy (1920)
Val Paul Butler Butler See fewer	Suspense (1913)
Ruby Cox Maid Maid See fewer	Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)