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Hubby to the Rescue
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)
Cast: Fay Tincher [Jane Mersey], Tod Browning [John Mersey], Max Davidson [Jerry Harcourt], Teddy Sampson [stenographer], Baldy Belmont (Joseph Belmont) [John’s pal], Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon), Miss Ainslee, Charles Rice, Frank Fisher Bennett (Frank Bennett)
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Russell E. Smith, from a screen story by Russell E. Smith. / Released 14 June 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Jane Mersey got to the point where she had to have a little fun or die. John, her husband, always was too busy to take her anywhere, so when an agreeable young man, whom she chanced to meet, at the home of a mutual friend asked her to lunch with him next day, she accepted with alacrity. She did not quite catch Jerry Harcourt’s name on introduction, and he was equally vague as to the identity of his new acquaintance. However, this was one of the cases where ignorance is bliss. Jane and Jerry met incognito, and had enjoyed a sumptuous meal. When the waiter slid his checque to him, Harcourt discovered that he had left all his cash in his other clothes at home. Concealing his agitation from the lady, he rushed to the phone. Calling up his old acquaintance, John Mersey, he told him that he must have five dollars right off the bat. Mersey, always a friend in need, promised to run right around to the café with the sum. When John arrived, and saw for himself, he changed his mind. He dragged Jane away, and Jerry was left to be plundered of watch and raiment by the restaurant keeper.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 27 June 1914, page ?] A farce with good slap-stick stuff and a comical farce idea behind it. It was produced by Edward Dillon. Some of its business is too rough for pleasure and one is left with a strong longing to see that waiter get "his" for kicking the poor, comical man who hadn't done any harm but amuse us by his innocent insouciance expression. If he had really deserved to get kicked, it would have been another matter. The gallery will like it and it will make a fair offering for the average
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 October 2022.
References: Skal-Browning p. 238 : Website-IMDb.
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