- Title: VM-384
- Summary: LIVE AND LEARN: WITH MAUREEN BLACK AND EDGAR DELARING
- Description:01:02:04 - FAMILY EATING BREAKFAST, STEP-FATHER ON HIS FEET ANGRY AT HIS PRE-TEEN SON "I'M NOT GOING TO LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THAT" WIFE DEFENDS SON. FAMILY ARGUMENTS. WON'T LET HUSBAND SPANK HER SON. THREATENS HIM. PROTECTS HER CHILD. 01:02:19 - NOT PAYING ATTENTION, MAN GOES TO SIT DOWN AND KNOCKS OVER SYRUP. CU SPILL NEXT TO HIS HAT. PARENTS SIT DOWN AND HIDE BEHIND NEWSPAPERS. 01:02:26 - BAD BOY FLIPS PAT OF BUTTER WITH HIS KNIFE, HITS FATHER IN THE EYE. SPOILED BRAT. MAMA'S BOY. MOTHER STICKS UP FOR BRAT, GOES BACK TO HER NEWSPAPER BOY CAUSES HIS STEP-FATHER TO SPILL HOT COFFEE ON HIMSELF BEHIND MOTHER'S BACK. DEMON STEP-CHILD. MOTHER DEFENDS CHILD AGAIN 01:03:05 - LITTLE BRAT FLIPS ANOTHER PAT OF BUTTER AT HIS FATHER HITS HIM IN THE OTHER EYE. MAN WITH PATS OF BUTTER OVER HIS EYES. COUPLE ARGUES, WIFE SAYS HUSBAND IS DOING THINGS TO HIMSELF AND BLAMING IT ON HIS SON. BAD MARRIAGE. DOMESTIC DISPUTES 01:03:18 - MAN SLAMS HIS HAND DOWN ON THE TABLE AND SHOUTS "THAT SETTLES IT!". HAND LANDS IN PLATE OF FOOD, SYRUP LANDS ON WIFE'S FACE. 01:03:26 - COUPLE ARGUE, WIFE COMPARES HUSBAND TO HER FIRST HUSBAND MAN TAKES PORTRAIT OF FIRST HUSBAND OFF THE WALL, THROWS IT ON THE FLOOR AND JUMPS UP & DOWN ON IT. WIFE TAKES ONE OF HIS PHOTOS OFF THE WALL, THEY FIGHT OVER IT, BOY KICKS STEP-FATHER IN THE SHIN. DOMESTIC DISPUTES. 01:04:10 - ANGRY MAN GRABS HIS HAT, STICKY FROM THE SYRUP, THE BRIM RIPS OFF REST OF THE HAT. SHOUTS A BIT MORE BEFORE GRABBING THE DOOR KNOB WHICH BREAKS OFF THE DOOR. THROWS DOOR KNOB ACROSS THE ROOM AND BREAKS A MIRROR. 01:04:33 - MAN LEAVES HIS APARTMENT AND RUNS INTO THE PROVERBIAL BEAUTIFUL GIRL NEXT DOOR IN HER NIGHTGOWN BENT OVER PICKING UP THE NEWSPAPER, SHOWING CLEAVAGE. HIS SUIT IS A MESS AND HIS HAT IS JUST A BRIM. SHE LAUGHS. HAND REACHES OUT OF THE DOORWAY AND PULLS HER INSIDE. MAN STEPS OUT INTO HALLWAY AND THREATENS BOTH OF THEM. "IF I EVER CATCH YOU FLIRTING WITH THAT MUG NEXT DOOR AGAIN, IT'LL BE THE END FOR BOTH OF YOU" 01:05:07 - JEALOUS HUSBAND MAKES A MOVE TOWARD NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO RUNS & JUMPS DOWN THE STAIRS 01:05:17 - MESSY MAN WITH BROKEN HAT LEAVES APARTMENT BUILDING, WIFE AND SON AT THE WINDOW SHE TELLS HIM TO COME BACK AND CHANGE HIS CLOTHES. STUBBORN MAN LOOKS UP & SAYS HE'LL BUY ANOTHER SUIT. SHE WAVES AT HIM 01:05:30 - HE WAVES BACK, DROPS THE FRAMED PHOTO HE'S CARRYING, GLASS BREAKS, HE BENDS DOWN TO PICK IT UP, KICKS IT INTO THE STREET, TRUCK RUNS IT OVER AND SPLASHED MUD ALL OVER IT AND THE MAN 01:05:56 - MAN COMFORTS SON WHO HAS THE MEASLES. POLICEMAN STANDS WITH MEASLES SIGN. WIFE CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE UNDER QUARANTINE EX-HUSBAND WILL HAVE TO STAY. HE LOOKS HAPPY, EX-WIFE LOOKS SAD. WOMAN EXPLAINS THE SITUATION TO THE DOCTOR. HE TELLS HER HE'S SORRY BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW & LEAVES 01:06:56 - WOMAN STARTS CRYING, EX-HUSBAND COMFORTS HER THEY HUG 01:07:20 - HUSBAND COMING HOME FROM WORK LOOKS UP INTO APARTMENT WINDOW, SEES HIS WIFE IN THE ARMS OF HER EX-HUSBAND BECOMES JEALOUS AND ANGRY, THROWS HIS CIGARETTE ON THE GROUND AND STORMS UPSTAIRS 01:07:47 - ANGRY MAN PUSHES POLICEMAN NAILING SIGN ON DOOR OUT OF THE WAY. COP WON'T LET HIM IN THE APARTMENT. PUSHING MATCH. HEARS HIS WIFE LAUGHING INSIDE. KICKS THE COP IN THE SHIN, COP CHASES HIM OUT OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING ONTO THE STREET. 01:08:34 - MAN LOOKS UP INTO APARTMENT WINDOW, SEES HIS WIFE WITH ANOTHER MAN LAUGHING AND HUGGING. CROWD GATHERS TO WATCH AND LAUGH 01:09:27 - MAN CLIMBS UP FIRE ESCAPE. 01:09:30 - MAN IN HIS BATHROOM SHAVING STILL JEALOUS ABOUT THE MORNING'S ENCOUNTER IN THE HALLWAY. WIFE SITS AT VANITY 01:09:40 - MAN CLIMBING FIRE ESCAPE, LOOKS IN OPEN WINDOW, WOMAN EXERCISING, LIFTING WEIGHTS SEES HIM, PUTS HER ARMS AKIMBO & ACCUSES HIM OF BEING A PEEPING TOM. HE QUICKLY CLIMBS FIRE ESCAPE AS SHE PICKS UP A WEIGHT AND THROWS IT OUT THE WINDOW AT HIM 01:10:00 - MAN CLIMBING FIRE ESCAPE CLIMBS INTO NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW JUST AS THE OTHER WOMAN CLIMBS OUT HER WINDOW WITH A BASEBALL BAT 01:10:07 - MAN CLIMBS INTO NEIGHBOR'S APARTMENT THROUGH THE FIRE ESCAPE. WOMAN SEES HIM IN HER MIRROR AND SCREAMS. HER HUSBAND SHAVING IN THE BATHROOM HEARS HER SCREAM. WOMAN TELLS HIM TO GET OUT OF THERE QUICK. HE HIDES BEHIND THE CURTAINS 01:10:30 - WIFE PRETENDS SHE SAW A MOUSE UNDER THE DRESSER. HUSBAND LOOKS AROUND FOR A MOUSE. AS HE GETS CLOSES TO WHERE THE MAN IS HIDING, THE WIFE SCREAMS AGAIN TO DISTRACT HIM 01:11:20 - WOMAN STANDS ON HER DRESSER AFRAID OF MICE TELLS HER HUSBAND SHE SAW TWO MICE. MAN TRIES TO SNEAK OUT BUT CAN'T HIDES BEHIND A CHAIR. MAN SMELLS WIFE'S BREATH TO SEE IF SHE'S DRUNK. 01:11:54 - WIFE DISTRACTS HUSBAND WHILE MAN TRIES TO OPEN FRONT DOOR, DOOR KNOB COMES OFF, HE HIDES UNDER THE BED. 01:12:13 - MAN BANGS A BROOM ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO FIND A MOUSE. WITH NO PLACE ELSE TO HIDE, MAN JUMPS INTO COUPLE'S BED, WOMAN HIDES BEHIND THE CURTAINS. 01:12:58 - MAN THINKS HIS WIFE IS IN BED, YAWNS AND STRETCHES, TURNS OUT THE LIGHT AND GETS INTO BED. TICKLES MAN HE THINKS IS HIS WIFE. TRIES TO GET HER TO GIVE HIM A KISS 01:14:20 - WIFE HIDING BEHIND THE CURTAIN LOOKS OUT AND SEES A MOUSE COMES OUT SCREAMING. MAN REALIZES IT'S NOT HIS WIFE IN BED WITH HIM. MAN ESCAPES OUT THE DOOR. MAN PINNED IN MURPHY BED. 01:14:40 - ANGRY MAN WEARING WOMAN'S NIGHT CAP RIPS THE QUARANTINE SIGN OFF THE FRONT DOOR, TRIES TO GET INTO HIS APARTMENT, EX-HUSBAND IS HOLDING IT SHUT. EX-WIFE TELLS HIM HE BETTER GET OUT OF THERE. HEARING THE COMMOTION, THE NEIGHBORS GATHER IN THE HALLWAY TO WATCH. MAN CHOPS AT THE DOOR WITH AN AX. 01:14:59 - EX-HUSBAND GRABS HIS HAT AND CLIMBS OUT ONTO THE FIRE ESCAPE POLICEMAN ON THE STREET SEES HIM SAYS "HEY YOU, COME DOWN OUTTA THERE" HE GOES INTO NEIGHBOR'S APARTMENT. MEANWHILE, MAN CONTINUES TO BREAK THE DOOR DOWN 01:15:17 - MAN HIDES IN MURPHY BED IN NEIGHBOR'S APARTMENT, WOMAN COMES IN & THINKS HER HUSBAND IS IN BED. GOES INTO THE BATHROOM. HUSBAND COMES IN & THINKS HIS WIFE IS IN BED, TALKS TO THE BODY UNDER THE COVERS, SAYS HE'S GOING TO GET A DIVORCE 01:16:08 - WOMAN COMES OUT OF THE BATHROOM, HUSBAND THROWS BACK THE COVERS SEES ANOTHER MAN, THINKS HIS WIFE HAS ANOTHER LOVER, TRIES TO ATTACK HIM, HE ESCAPES 01:16:44 - RUNS DOWN THE HALLWAY, FIRST MAN RUNS OUT OF HIS APARTMENT AND FIGHTS WITH JEALOUS HUSBAND. CROWD OF NEIGHBORS GATHER. MAN KNOCKS OUT THE JEALOUS HUSBAND, TRIES TO GET BACK INSIDE HIS APARTMENT, EX-HUSBAND HAS PUSHED FURNITURE UP AGAINST THE DOOR. HE FINALLY GETS IN. BECOMES AFRAID WHEN HE SEES THE EX-HUSBAND WIELDING A MOP AND BUCKET. 01:17:10 - MAN RUNS OUT INTO THE STREET. BRAT STEP-SON HITS HIM IN THE NECK WITH HIS SLING-SHOT FROM THE APARTMENT WINDOW, MAN FALLS BACKWARDS INTO CEMENT MIXTURE. BOY LAUGHS 01:17:31 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-384