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His Wife’s Family
(1914) United States of America
B&W : [?] One or Two? reels
Directed by Allen Curtis
Cast: Max Asher, Louise Fazenda, Bobby Vernon, Billy Franey, Gale Henry, Queenie Rosson
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Joker Comedies]. / Released 18 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Willie loves Sallie, the maid, but his mother objects, threatening to disinherit him. The young people are married quietly and decide to keep the matter a secret. A year passes and a baby comes to be another secret. They place it in charge of a caretaker. Willie has come to live with his newly-married sister, Stella, and has secured employment in the house for Sallie as maid. The mother at last “hooks” a desirable widower and comes to visit her son and daughter and the son-in-law, Jack Gay. The mother-in-law decides she doesn’t approve of Jack and believes him unfaithful to Stella. This suspicion is aroused by a letter from the caretaker to Sallie, saying that the baby must be taken away as she can no longer look after it. Hubby, learning of mother-in-law’s hatred of pianos, decides to buy one, give it to his wife as a present and so drive the woman out. Complications pile upon complications until at last the whole family is gathered in the shed, where both piano and baby have been hidden. The baby finally reconciles all the warring members of the family.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 May 2020.
References: Website-IMDb.
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