When His Courage Failed (1913)
Mrs. Dean is an ardent suffragette. She rules her husband with a hand of iron. Things get even more unpleasant for him when his wife joins the Woman's Temperance Union. One night Mr. Dean stays downtown with the boys and imbibes a little too much. His courage fails him when he starts for home and he implores his two friends to go home with him. Mrs. Dean is awaiting him and ready for battle. She puts the two friends to flight and refuses to let her husband enter the house. The cook, hearing the noise, gets up and takes Mr. Dean's part, and Mrs. Dean discharges her on the spot. This leaves Mrs. Dean in the house alone and victorious. Mr. Dean is in despair, so he goes to his two friends for advice. Things look very blue for little Mr. Dean until one of his friends gets an idea. He thinks that if once Mr. Dean can get into the house he can assert himself and prove who is master. Knowing the cook is fired, one of the friends dresses himself up as a woman cook and goes to Mrs. Dean and applies for the position and is engaged by her. The supposed cook tells Mrs. Dean that her things will arrive in a basket that afternoon and to kindly take charge of it. Mrs. Dean agrees, and tells the cook to come to work the next morning. The friends concoct a scheme in which Mr. Dean is to be put in the basket and to be delivered to his residence as the new cook's things. They bribe two expressmen to handle the basket carefully. The basket arrives as Mrs. Dean is putting up a picture of a Suffragette president in the dining room. The two men leave, chuckling. Mrs. Dean sees the reflection of the basket in a mirror nearby. Mr. Dean's courage is beginning to fail and he gently raises the cover of the basket as his wife looks in the mirror, and he lowers it again. For once Mrs. Dean is thoroughly frightened. She makes a wild jump for the basket and sits upon it. She thinks it contains a desperate character. She grabs the telephone and soon has the entire police force out. They arrive and the basket is taken to the station. The judge sits waiting and Mrs. Dean is surrounded by her friends. The basket is opened and Mr. Dean is brought out more dead than alive. One look at him and Mrs. Dean decides to forgive him. She falls into his arms in a faint, while the courtroom is cleared.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Al Christie | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Eddie Lyons | |
| Laura Oakley | |
| Donald MacDonald | |
| Lee Moran |
