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Mr. Jack Trifles
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by C.J. Williams

Cast: Frank Daniels [Jack Magee], Kate Price [Mrs. Jack Magee], Betty Howe [Jeanne, the maid], Mrs. C.J. Williams (Ida Williams) [the saleslady]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Bruno Lessing. / Released 30 March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? While seated in a restaurant, Mr. Jack flirts with a chic little miss seated nearby, they become friends and when he accidentally knocks one of her gloves into the soup dish, promises to buy her a box of gloves in reparation. He forgets all about it until next morning, and is then horrified at breakfast to confront the same girl in the person of his wife’s new maid. When wife is not looking, Mr. Jack promises to keep his promise about the gloves if the maid will keep the secret of their first meeting. He takes the measure of her hand and downtown, tells the salesgirl to send the gloves to his house, but has to beat it before paying for them, as his wife enters the store. Later Mrs. Jack hears her husband talking to the salesgirl over the phone and immediately flies into a jealous rage. She rushes home and upbraids Jack, who coolly follows the maid’s advice by explaining the gloves were for Mrs. Jack and sent to the maid to keep until Mrs. Jack’s birthday. But the size gives away this neat plan, and only the maid’s quick wit in phoning for a box of correct size gloves saves the situation. But Mr. Jack trifles no more.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 October 2024.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc.

 
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