Mabel likes buying nice things, so much so that mother-in-law Kate Bruce upbraids her. Seeing some furs she likes, she steals money from husband Dell Henderson, buys the furs, pawns them and gives the ticket to Dell, telling him she found it.
Because of the general excellence of Biograph films under the direction of D.W. Griffith, there was always demand for more. Because Griffith generally preferred to do drama, a unit to produce comedy was set up, with Frank Powell and Mack Sennett sharing the direction.
You can often see the roots of later Keystone comedies in Mack Sennett's Biograph comedies. In this one, however, the naturalistic acting swamps more than the vague situational humor of this one.
Because of the general excellence of Biograph films under the direction of D.W. Griffith, there was always demand for more. Because Griffith generally preferred to do drama, a unit to produce comedy was set up, with Frank Powell and Mack Sennett sharing the direction.
You can often see the roots of later Keystone comedies in Mack Sennett's Biograph comedies. In this one, however, the naturalistic acting swamps more than the vague situational humor of this one.