The Way of the Transgressor (1912)
The odor of the pies like mother used to make tempted Happy Hollow and he fell. But he was captured. Seeing his opportunity he used the pies to effect his escape, leaving however part of his clothing in the hands of a policeman blinded with them. Henry Hawkins, a life member of the original henpecks, is expected at the club, for a quiet game. To evade his wife he drops his clothes out the window, where they fall into the bands of Happy who retires to a quiet spot in the garden to dress. By a ruse Hawkins escapes, through a cellar window. Mrs. Hawkins supposes Happy to be her husband. Her voice starts Happy on a chase. Likewise Hawkins outside looking for his clothes. Her cry results in Happy's arrest by the officer whom he assaulted. Hawkins making his way to the clubroom is spotted by a watchful policeman. Coatless he is a suspect. The clubroom is raided and Hawkins caught. At the station Hawkins meets his wife face to face. To make the punishment fit the crime a wise judge delivers him to his wife for a life sentence. Happy, better off, gets sixty days without pie.'
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Theo Frenkel | Director |
| Pat Powers | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Joseph Burke | |
| Harry Blakemore | |
| Katherine Griffith |
