Almost a Widow (1916)
Gordon must take a boat trip but misses the boat; during his wait for the next one his friend Eddie persuades him to to play a little game. His wife and her friend decide to go slumming that night. The police also decide to make a raid, and catch Gordon and his friend, and in spite of their protests, take them off to jail and lock them up for the night. In the opium joint in which the wife and friend are, the police come and arrest the whole bunch, but the wife manages to hide behind an officer and makes her escape. The next morning the wife is astounded by the news that the ship upon which her husband was supposed to have taken passage had been sunk. She dons widow's weeds and sympathizing friends send flowers. Gordon and his friend are in a quandary when they hear the news, but decide they will tell the wife that he is the only surviving passenger. She is overjoyed to hear this, but just at this point her friend appears with a later edition which announces that the ship has arrived safely in port. The wife is very angry and is berating her spouse when the maid announces a policeman at the door to see her. She is obliged to confess to her husband that she had evaded arrest in the opium joint on the night before. When the officer is admitted, he gives the wife her purse, which she had dropped while shopping. "Never again" now seems the young couple's favorite motto.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Horace Davey | Director |
| Robert F. McGowan | Writer |
| Al Christie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Neal Burns | |
| Betty Compson | |
| Eddie Lyons | |
| Ethel Lynne |
