His Wife’s Mother
Jones’s mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk.
Jones’s mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk.

Harry’s rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry’s wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so Uncle doesn’t discover the truth.

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he’s supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he’s faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would…

A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1909.
A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1909.
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she’s coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister’s apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.

Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can’t get rid of the bag, even when he’s robbed. The thieves assume he’s a colleague and return the bag and tools.
A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Goodhusband the rare privilege of viewing his own elegiac cinerary floral offerings, and at the time John was…