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Out Again — In Again
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Edward Dillon
Cast: Fay Tincher [Mrs. Henpeck], Tod Browning [Mr. Henpeck], Tammany Young [the crook], Max Davidson [the police chief], Baldy Belmont [Mr. Henpeck’s friend]
Komic Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released 15 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Reel Life, 31 October 1914, page ?] Mr. Henpeck, being anxious to join the boys, arranges with two pals to disguise themselves as policemen and he will feign insanity. At a certain signal, they are to rush in and take him into custody. Meanwhile, a crook, pursued by two cops, take refuge in Mr. Henpeck’s kitchen. Mrs. Henpeck gets wise to hubby’s game, locks him in the kitchen, and gives the signal herself. The crook forces Henpeck to exchange clothes with him, so that when the friends arrive they find themselves looking into the muzzle of a thirty-eight gun. When the real policemen reach the house they find Henpeck dressed in the crook’s clothes and decide he is their man. They rush him off to the cooler, and after much business of mistaken identity, he is finally released, promising never again to try to put one over on his clever spouse.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 28 November 1914, page ?] A farce that is sure to make excellent entertainment. Its characters include Mrs. Henpeck (Fay Tincher) and her spouse (Ted Browning). Tammany Young, a burglar, whose coming sadly mixes up a scrape into which Ted gets by his trick to have an evening out with the boys. Fay “is on,” but she mistakes the real cops for Ted’s friends and one and all land in front of the sergeant at the police station, and some of ’em have a good chance to be “looking out.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 21 November 2022.
References: Skal-Browning p. 249; Tarbox-Lost p. 173 : Website-IMDb.
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