Our Neighbor's Wife (1912)

David, Timothy and Jonathan are dear friends and neighbors. So are their wives. Timothy and Jonathan have a secret affection for Mrs. David. This their wives do not know. The three men meet one morning and agree to go to a political gathering at the Coliseum that night. But the moment they part, Jonathan forms another plan and Timothy has a secret scheme. An hour later Mrs. David receives notes from Timothy and Jonathan saying they will call that evening to pay their respects as long as hubby will not be at home. Mrs. David is shocked and takes David into a scheme to fool the foolish swains. That evening Timothy and Jonathan see David depart, supposedly for the meeting, and then call on Mrs. David. Naturally each is vexed to find the other has called, but make it up and prepare to spend a hilarious time over a dainty meal and bottle of wine. Suddenly the bell rings. Horrors! David has returned! Hastily Jonathan and Timothy hide in a closet, then are horrified to hear David raving angrily just outside at his wife's supposed deception and firing off an enormous revolver. Then Mrs. Timothy and Mrs. Jonathan arrive, and Timothy and Jonathan sweat blood in the closet when they are forced to listen to David making alternate love to their spouses. However, Mrs. David manages to get them out of the closet cleverly without their wives suspecting. David lets them into the scheme that has been played upon them by Mrs. David, they swear, "Never again," and a toast is drunk to "our neighbor's wife."

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