A Change for the Better (1915)
Mrs. Hobson, a widow with two eligible daughters, and Mr. Beck, a widower with two sons of the damageable age, both decide to seek new apartments. Both families finally decide upon houses that suit their respective wants. The drivers of the two wagons meet outside a saloon, and are there accosted by two vagrants, who ask them to stand treat. The moving men send the vagrants about their business, and to get even, the two hobos change the horses on the vans, which are exactly alike, being from the same company, and also turn the vans about so that when the drivers come out, not quite so clear-headed as when they went in, each drives off in the direction he was heading for but with the wrong van. Mrs. Hobson's maid is waiting to superintend the unloading of the vans, but when the men start to unload Mr. Beck's belongings on Mrs. Hobson's new front porch, the maid objects. Her objection is overruled by the moving men. This same performance is repeated at the new home of the Becks. Objections on the part of Mr. Beck's cook have no weight with the moving men. Meantime, both families have started for their new homes. Mrs. Hobson slips on the sidewalk and sprains her ankle, and while her two daughters are assisting her, Beck comes along in his auto, with his boys. Seeing Mrs. Hobson's predicament, he invites her to enter his car, offering to drive her to her home. She thanks him, but says she prefers to walk the short distance remaining. She gives him her card, on which she pencils the new address, and invites him to call with his two sons. Arriving at their respective homes, the two families find a general mixup. It is too late to make any change that night; the furniture moving company has closed for the day, and finally the ladies are compelled to retire, wearing the Becks' sleeping apparel. At the Beck home, father and sons go to their more or less restful beds wearing the ladies' nightgowns. Mrs. Hobson's maid one of the thinnest of the thin, retires in the nightie belonging to Mr. Beck's cook, who is "built like a battleship." In the morning, however, everything is straightened out when Mr. Beck finds out who the things really belonged to. There is another moving and another meeting of the parties concerned, as a result of which a third moving is soon brought about, when Mrs. Hobson becomes the second Mrs. Beck and after the girls and boys make it plain to papa and mama that they, too, are anxious to enter the matrimonial state.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Will Louis | Director |
