The House of a Thousand Relations (1915)
A newly married couple are boarding. The unsanitary cooking, together with tough meat and their general environment, make the young couple so disgusted that they decide to go housekeeping. In the paper they find an ad, reading: "Why board when you can rent one of these bungalows for $15 per month?" They look over the house, rent it and are so very pleased that they each in turn invite their relatives to come and see their new home. They are just about settled in their new home when all the relatives come to visit them on the very same day. The children raise the mischief, running all through the house, and making it a point to run into grandpa's gouty foot. The wife and husband don't know what to do next, when all yell together that they want something to eat. The wife goes to the kitchen and makes up endless sandwiches, which the husband distributes in each room of the entire house to members of their families. After their having eaten, the husband goes to the wife and tells her she has fed all her family. She becomes indignant, saying she did not invite them and that he did. They quarrel as the picture fades. Night approaches. The families still remain, going to sleep all over the house. In the living room they are on the piano, mantelpiece, lounge and chairs. In the dining room hubby finds them on every piece of furniture available. Aunty keeps most of the members of the dining room awake by insisting upon talking in her sleep. In the kitchen every place, even the sink and stoves are occupied. The children occupy the couple's bedroom, but her brother, wanting a drink, goes to the bathroom, to find gouty grandpa and uncle in there. He plays a trick on grandpa fay turning on the shower, and grandpa is finally awakened, but cannot get out of the tub. Hubby and wife are seen on the cellar steps very tired. Hubby proposes to go back to boarding. Wife assents and they make a hasty exit, leaving a sign on the post, telling their visitors to stay as long as the rent is paid, for they are on their way back to their old boarding house.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Harry Myers | Director |
| Harry Myers | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry Myers | |
| Rosemary Theby | |
| Brinsley Shaw |
