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Music in Flats (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

Music in Flats (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

As the entrancing strains of "Love Me and the World Is Mine" are wafted up the airshaft to the flat occupied by a superannuated spinster, she is seized by a desire to see and if possible, fall in love with the owner of the beautiful voice....See moreAs the entrancing strains of "Love Me and the World Is Mine" are wafted up the airshaft to the flat occupied by a superannuated spinster, she is seized by a desire to see and if possible, fall in love with the owner of the beautiful voice. It is a vocal teacher who is doing the warbling and the maid sends the janitor down with a note. Inviting the singer, whoever he is to come upstairs. In a flat on the same floor is an artist whose husband has forbidden her to employ male models, out of jealousy. Into the flat of the vocalist walks a boob who wants his voice cultivated. The janitor hands him the maid's note as he is in the act of "singing" the same song which a few minutes before charmed her in the flat above. Up goes the boob and safe outside the door sings to his heart's content, and also to hers. The occupants of the same floor oppose vigorously such a desecration of the serenity which always characterized their quiet flat, and throw boots, rubbers and everything that they can lay their hands on. The boob is put to rout and falls into the flat where the unhappy artist is waiting for a man. Her husband has gone out and she fears nothing. One look at the boob is enough to convince her that he is just the style she has been looking for, and she hastily directs him to get behind a screen and change his attire. He does, first his trousers and then his coat and shirt, coming over the top of the screen. He is now a Roman soldier. As he strikes a characteristic pose, the artist hears her husband coming up the stairs, and the model is rushed into the clothes closet. A set of furs in which pepper has been placed to keep away moths, is the only company Mr. Boob has in the closet. Just as he sneezes, the artist's husband looks toward the door and is immediately suspicious. He gets a revolver and begins firing at the door. The smoke of the shots comes through the keyhole and dangerously near the boob's head. The irate hubby plunges a sword through the door and after much tugging to get the sword out again, the door is pulled down and the boob falls out. He is chased around and he smashes a vase on hubby's head. Hubby, in turn, smashes one on his head. The old maid rushes in and throwing her arms about the boob, tries to protect him. He takes a look at her, then pushes her away, directs the man with the shotgun to hand it to the artist's husband, whom he asks to shoot him. The husband takes the gun and shoots. Mr. Boob reaches to the floor for a bouquet which had fallen when the vase broke, places it on his breast, calmly lies down and dies. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
William Wadsworth Artie's Singing Teacher Artie's Singing Teacher See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Arthur Housman Artie Artie See fewer	Sunrise (1927)
Jessie Stevens An Admirer Downstairs An Admirer Downstairs See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Henry Leone The Musician The Musician See fewer	The Heart of the Hills (1916)