The Honeymooners (1912)
May Phalen and Harry Nugent have just been married and in the midst of the reception after the ceremony, they decide to give their guests the slip and catch an earlier train for New York, so as to avoid the usual shower of rice and old shoes. They jump into an auto and race to the depot. On arrival there they find that their train is one hour late; Harry discovers that he has left their tickets at his home. May stays in the depot while he rushes home to get them. She gets into a remote corner, puts their suitcase on the bench next to her, standing it up so that it hides her from view. She then reads, when Peter Crawford, a very portly, respectable looking man of about fifty, enters, and sits next to her on the other side of the suitcase. May is very tired, and drops off to sleep, her head resting against the suitcase. Shortly afterwards the portly gentleman goes to sleep; his head resting against the other side of the suitcase. In the meantime the guests at the house discover that the couple have given them the slip. About six of his friends race to the depot in an auto. They look around, and finally find her asleep. Harry is nowhere to be found. On seeing the stout gentleman asleep they decide to have a little fun. They try various ways to annoy him by tickling his ear and nose, but cannot wake him up. They then draw the suitcase out from between the two, so that her head rests on his shoulder. They also put an empty beer bottle in each one's arms and pin a sign on him which says, "I love my wife, but O! you kid." They then hide and wait for Harry. On seeing the couple Harry becomes frantic, and acts like a mad man. They both awaken and look around dazed. Thinking Harry is crazed, the man takes to his heels. Harry starts after him, but May pulls him back. He raves at her. She doesn't know what to think so begins to cry, when their friends come out and give them the laugh. Harry, realizing that it was a joke, takes May in his arms, while they all throw rice and old shoes at them.
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GenresComedy
Romance
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry Myers | |
| May Buckley |
