Whose Husband? (1915)
Captain Scruggins, a retired sea captain, is married to Kate, a strong-minded, strong-armed woman, who rules him with a rod of iron and is continually comparing him unfavorably with her late departed husband, James Smith. Captain Sniffen and his wife, Flora, neighbors of the Scruggins, are just the opposite. She is a weak, weepy little woman, while he is a great burly brute with a continual grouch. Her forever reminding him how little he is like her dear first husband who went down with the Nancy Lee twenty years ago does not soothe him any. Jake, an escaped convict, finds a bottle on the seashore, inside of which is a photograph, an address and a note, saying that the writer, J. Smith, is about to perish in a watery grave and bequeaths his money and property to his wife. Finding he somewhat resembles the man in the photograph, the convict decides to impersonate him and claim the estate. He accordingly goes to the Scruggins home and introduces himself as the supposedly dead first husband of Kate. Kate faints, and to Jake's wonderment, Scruggins merely thanks him for coming back to life. Kate does not prove obstreperous with Jake, however, and the convict is soon very much at home. When the Sniffens drop in the convict learns to his horror that Flora Sniffen is the one to whom J. Smith left all his property. Jake is only temporarily baffled, for he announces that his enfeebled mind has again played him false, that Flora is his wife. Kate rejoices, but Captain Sniffen makes trouble for Jake. The convict throws him out of the house, so Sniffen, in revenge, fetches the village constable, who recognizes the escaped convict and drags him off to jail. The happy outcome of it all is that the two married couples realize life is too short to quarrel, and they make up.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| C.J. Williams | Director |
| Frank Mitchell Dazey | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jay Dwiggins | |
| Kate Price | |
| Billy Bletcher | |
| Flora Finch |
