- Title: F-8185
- Summary: HIS PEST FRIEND: LEON ERROL, VIVIAN OAKLAND, WILLIAM BRISBANE, ED DUNN, LEOTTA LORRAINE. LEON'S FRIEND MAKES HIS WIFE APPEAR GUILTY OF TWO-TIMING HIM
- Description:00:54:27 - WOMAN WRITING CUTTING A CHECK AT DESK, GETS UP & GIVES CHECK TO SEATED REAL ESTATE AGENT, MAID SERVING. WOMAN BUYING CABIN 00:54:58 - COUPLE HAVING DRINK COCKTAIL INTERRUPTED BY MAID CARRYING TELEPHONE. WOMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE, HUSBAND MAKING EXCUSES TO WIFE. REAL ESTATE AGENT GETS UP SAYS "THANKS FOR THE DRINK, I THINK I'D BETTER BE GOING" JEALOUS HUSBAND ON THE PHONE OVERHEARS, THINKS WIFE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR DURING THE DAY WHILE HE'S AT WORK, WIFE CUPS RECEIVER WHISPERING TO REAL ESTATE AGENT "JUST A MINUTE, I WANT TO GO SEE THE CABIN..." 00:55:34 - WIFE LYING TO HUSBAND ON THE TELEPHONE, HUSBAND GETTING ANGRY. WIFE HANGS UP PHONE, HUSBAND SAYS HELLO & TAPS THE PHONE 00:56:00 - MAN WALKS INTO HUSBAND'S OFFICE, HE THINKS IT'S A VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE, JUMPS WHEN HE REALIZES MAN IS IN OFFICE. FRIGHTENS HIM. MEN DISCUSSING WIVES. MAN BITTER AT DIVORCE AGREEMENT 00:57:02 - SELLERS OF CABIN, COUPLE MEETING NEW OWNER, SELLER OF THE CABIN DRIVES NEW OWNER UP TO SEE CABIN 00:57:26 - TWO MEN LEAVING WORK AT SAME TIME EACH ASK THE OTHER FOR A RIDE, NEITHER HAS A CAR. BITTER EX-HUSBAND PLANTS THOUGHT IN MAN'S MIND THAT HIS WIFE IS CHEATING ON HIM. MEN LOOKING AROUND FOR A RIDE HOME 00:58:03 - HUSBAND SPOTS HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR WITH ANOTHER MAN, LETS OUT A CRY OF PAIN, POINTS TO CAR AS IT GOES THROUGH GREEN LIGHT. FRIEND CONTINUES TO PLANT THOUGHT THAT MAN'S WIFE IS CHEATING 00:58:29 - MAN GRABS A TAXI, FOLLOWS WIFE'S CAR UP TO WILD WOOD. 00:59:02 - WIFE & MAN GO INSIDE CABIN WHILE HUSBAND WATCHES HUSBAND GETS ANGRIER & ANGRIER, TAKES OFF JACKET & RUNS TOWARD CABIN. PICKS UP BIG ROCK ON THE WAY, FRIEND TELLS HIM TO DROP THE ROCK, HE DROPS IT ON FRIEND'S FOOT. 01:00:23 - MEN SNEAKING AROUND CABIN TRYING TO WIFE IN THE ACT OF CHEATING. TURN A BUCKET OVER TO CLIMB IN WINDOW. TAXI DRIVER WATCHES IN DISBELIEF, THINKS THEY'RE BURGLARS, GETS IN TAXI & DRIVES AWAY 01:01:03 - HAPPY WOMAN LOOKING AROUND CABIN, OPENS DOORS, MEANWHILE, HUSBAND'S FRIEND IS PEEKING IN WINDOW THEY OVERHEAR HER CONVERSATION & TAKE IT AS HER HAVING AN AFFAIR 01:02:12 - ANGRY HUSBAND RUNS TO FRONT STEPS, STOPPED BY FRIEND. THEY ARGUE, GET IN WIFE'S CAR & DRIVE AWAY LEAVING WIFE & FORMER OWNER OF HOUSE STRANDED 01:03:17 - THEY PASS FORMER OWNER'S WIFE AS THEY LEAVE WILD WOOD 01:03:35 - TAXI DRIVER ARRIVES BACK AT THE CABIN WITH POLICE CAR. EXPLAINS THAT HE SAW PROWLERS, WOMAN REALIZES HER CAR IS GONE. POLICEMAN ASKS HER FOR CAR'S LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, SHE DOESN'T KNOW IT POLICEMAN MAKES SEXIST REMARK "JUST LIKE A WOMAN" SHE GETS HIM BACK BY COVERING HIS BADGE ASKS HIS BADGE NUMBER, HE STUMBLES FOR AN ANSWER 01:04:19 - TAXI DRIVER OFFERS HER A RIDE HOME 01:04:26 - MAN & FRIEND STOP CAR ON DIRT ROAD, TALK, GET INTO AN ARGUMENT, HUSBAND GETS OUT OF CAR, FRIEND DRIVES OFF IN HUSBAND'S CAR LEAVING HIM STRANDED 01:05:34 - MAN TRIES TO WAVE DOWN PASSING CAR, HITCH HIKING, CAR SPEEDS BY, KNOCKING MAN TO THE GROUND, HE LETS OUT A MOAN, HAT IN TREE. MAN GETS UP, BRUSHES HIMSELF OFF, FINDS HIS HAT, STARTS TO WALK BACK TO THE CABIN 01:06:11 - FORMER OWNERS OF THE CABIN PACKING CLOTHES IN SUITCASE. PACKING UP MOVING OUT 01:06:19 - JEALOUS HUSBAND ARRIVES BACK AT CABIN, SEES SILHOUETTE OF A WOMAN UNDRESSING IN WINDOW, THINKS IT'S HIS WIFE DISROBING 01:06:37 - WIFE FIXING HER HAIR IN MIRROR, HUSBAND PLAYING WITH HIS WIFE, AIMS WRONG SIDE OF HIS GUN AT HER & SAYS "BOOM" STARTLED WIFE JUMPS & YELLS AT HIM, HE CALMS HER DOWN, KISSES HER 01:06:54 - JEALOUS HUSBAND OUTSIDE SEES SILHOUETTES OF COUPLE KISSING IN CABIN WINDOW, THINKS IT'S HIS WIFE, REELS BACK IN SHOCK, THEN RUNS TO CABIN WINDOW, CLIMBS IN WINDOW 01:07:15 - WOMAN PACKING UP IN BEDROOM SEES MAN CLIMBING IN WINDOW, THINKS IT'S A PROWLER, SCREAMS & RUNS TO DOOR, DOOR KNOB BREAKS OFF, SHE THROWS IT ON THE FLOOR & HIDES IN BATHROOM 01:07:24 - JEALOUS HUSBAND THINKS IT'S HIS WIFE IN BATHROOM TELLS HER TO COME OUT, HAVING CONVERSATION WITH WOMAN IN BATHROOM, HER HUSBAND ENTERS, ARMS AKIMBO THINKS HE'S THE PROWLER, RUNS FOR HIS GUN, JEALOUS HUSBAND DIVES OUT BEDROOM WINDOW ESCAPING GUN SHOT 01:07:59 - MAN POINTING GUN OUT OF WINDOW, ESCAPING HUSBAND CAUGHT UP IN CURTAINS, GETS CURTAINS OFF, JUMPS IN CAR & DRIVES AWAY. STEALING CAR 01:08:22 - CAR OWNER RUNS OUT WITH SHOT GUN YELLS "HEY" AIMS AT CAR, AT SAME TIME POLICE DRIVE UP, HE GETS IN POLICE CAR, THEY FOLLOW STOLEN CAR 01:08:41 - WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM READING BOOK HEARS HUSBAND RUNNING INTO HOUSE, THEN POLICE SIREN. HUSBAND FRANTICALLY GOING THROUGH DESK DRAWERS, THROWING PAPERS ALL OVER THE PLACE, DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING 01:09:23 - SIREN STOPS, KNOCK ON THE DOOR POLICE CLICHE "OPEN UP". MAN GRABS HIS GUN, KNOCKS WIFE OFF CHAIR, PROPS CHAIR UP AGAINST THE DOOR, HIDING OUT IN HIS HOME 01:09:39 - HUSBAND REALIZES HIS WIFE IS HOME, THEY ARGUE, HE CONFRONTS WIFE WITH POINTING FINGER 01:10:03 - CAUGHT CRIMINAL CLICHE "THERE HE IS", HUSBAND HIDING BEHIND HIS WIFE. TRUTH COMES OUT, CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, WIFE EXPLAINS SHE BOUGHT THE CABIN TO SURPRISE HUSBAND 01:10:44 - KNOCK ON DOOR, EXTREMELY NERVOUS MAN JUMPS AT THE SOUND OF A KNOCK ON THE DOOR NERVES SHOT PUTS HIS HAT OVER HIS EYES, SAYS "I'M NOT IN, I'M NOT IN" 01:10:50 - FRIEND OF HUSBAND RUSHES IN, "BOY AM I GLAD TO SEE YOU" GRABS HIS FRIEND, HUSBAND STILL ANGRY AT HIM PRETENDS NOT TO KNOW HIM SAYS "WHY I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU IN ALL MY LIFE". POLICEMAN GRABS HIM BY THE BACK OF THE NECK "COME ON YOU", TAKES HIM AWAY 01:11:07 - HUSBAND & WIFE GRAB EACH OTHER & HUG. HUSBAND WITH SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE 01:11:15 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1938
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: F-8185