Bringing Up Hubby (1914)
Mrs. Smith, intent upon bringing up her daughter, Cecil, who is about to be married to John, gives her a few practical directions about schooling a husband in the beginning, so that he will learn to love, honor and obey without question. John does not really know that he has been selected for the bridegroom, as he is very bashful, but when he gets into the Smith home and the Smith child falls upon his neck, with a cinch that the Smith mother witnesses the proceeding, he is resigned to the fact that he is in to become a member of the family. The next scene shows that the Smith family hopes have been realized. Cecil has decorated every bit of furniture in the dining-room with bow ribbons, so that when John comes in he gets more or less fussed and tangled up. She hustles him into a smoking jacket, produces his slippers, and then he dutifully produces his pay roll. As he lays the bills upon the table, she daintily plucks off the large denominations and then pecks him a kiss. They go walking and he tries to stop at a cigar store for a smoke, but she bustles him along. She is saving his money, not. She appears at the house with a $40.00 hat that has been reduced to $38.88. She gives the usual fuss donation, but John's smile is worthless now, when he sees the feather bargain. He hardly has time to recover from the attack before she produces a beautiful bargain cloak that has a special discount of 68 cents. John looks and gasps wildly for air, and finally, as she drags him off to the opera, where tariffs are high, he conceives a plan of getting even. He invites her to refreshments after the opera. He sets up a game with the waiter. The bill for the luncheon is $8.50, and John, after assiduous "digging" in his dress jeans, can produce only a silver dollar and a Waterbury watch. So they are hauled off to the station house to think things over. This thoroughly reforms the wife, and John controls his own bank account thereafter.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Francis J. Grandon | Director |
| William E. Wing | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Tom Santschi | |
| Harriet Notter | |
| John Lancaster | |
| Lillian Leighton |
