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The upcoming comedy was announced in the 20 Jan 1912 Implet, a weekly newsletter published by IMP Films Company. The 3 Feb 1912 issue noted that the picture was released 27 Jan 1912 on a split reel with A Day on a Buffalo Ranch (1912, see entry). According to the Feb 1912 Motography, the running length was estimated at 600 feet.
       A review in the 13 Jan 1912 Moving Picture News stated that the film “goes well from start to finish.”
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The upcoming comedy was announced in the 20 Jan 1912 Implet, a weekly newsletter published by IMP Films Company. The 3 Feb 1912 issue noted that the picture was released 27 Jan 1912 on a split reel with A Day on a Buffalo Ranch (1912, see entry). According to the Feb 1912 Motography, the running length was estimated at 600 feet.
       A review in the 13 Jan 1912 Moving Picture News stated that the film “goes well from start to finish.”

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Implet
20 Jan 1912
p. 6, 7
Implet
27 Jan 1912
p. 4
Implet
3 Feb 1912
p. 8
Motography
Feb 1912
p. 96
Moving Picture News
13 Jan 1912
p. 46
Moving Picture World
20 Jan 1912
p. 240
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Produced by
WRITER
DETAILS
Release Date:
27 January 1912
Production Date:

Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
gauge
35mm
Widescreen/ratio
1.33:1
Length(in feet):
600
Length(in reels):
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

"Grace Lewis and Edward Lyons are at their best in this brisk comedy. Grace left an unfinished letter lying on the table, and when Edward Lyons came home and saw the apparently incriminating document the trouble started. But before he reached the letter Edward Lyons couldn't get in his house even by the fire-escape route. A policeman interfered. The scene in the police court, where Edward proved his right to enter his own home, is a fine specimen of subdued seriocomic work; the magistrate, the offending policeman and Lyons acting as convincingly as life. When Edward does arrive home and does see that letter the inevitable starts. The almost simultaneous appearance of Grace Lewis is the signal for a series of quarrels conducted at high pressure, which might have gone on interminably if it were not discovered that the letter was intended for harmless E. Le Saint, who was a relative of Miss Lewis. So it was pointed out that "it was all a mistake," and everybody was made happy. This is pure comedy of the probable domestic kind. It could happen and it does happen. All four players enter thoroughly into the spirit of the story, and it goes well.
       PERCY goes home, and finds that he is unable to get in his house. It's all locked up. A policeman arrests him as he tries to obtain ingress by the fire escape. Proving his identity at the police office he succeeds in getting indoors at last, to discover that his young wife has disappeared. An unfinished letter suggests that there is a man in the case. So Percy promptly proceeds to pack up his belongings in which operation ...

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"Grace Lewis and Edward Lyons are at their best in this brisk comedy. Grace left an unfinished letter lying on the table, and when Edward Lyons came home and saw the apparently incriminating document the trouble started. But before he reached the letter Edward Lyons couldn't get in his house even by the fire-escape route. A policeman interfered. The scene in the police court, where Edward proved his right to enter his own home, is a fine specimen of subdued seriocomic work; the magistrate, the offending policeman and Lyons acting as convincingly as life. When Edward does arrive home and does see that letter the inevitable starts. The almost simultaneous appearance of Grace Lewis is the signal for a series of quarrels conducted at high pressure, which might have gone on interminably if it were not discovered that the letter was intended for harmless E. Le Saint, who was a relative of Miss Lewis. So it was pointed out that "it was all a mistake," and everybody was made happy. This is pure comedy of the probable domestic kind. It could happen and it does happen. All four players enter thoroughly into the spirit of the story, and it goes well.
       PERCY goes home, and finds that he is unable to get in his house. It's all locked up. A policeman arrests him as he tries to obtain ingress by the fire escape. Proving his identity at the police office he succeeds in getting indoors at last, to discover that his young wife has disappeared. An unfinished letter suggests that there is a man in the case. So Percy promptly proceeds to pack up his belongings in which operation he is surprised by his wife, who has returned from a visit. The two thereupon quarrel violently until a telephone message to the lady's newly arrived brother and his wife, bring these good people round to explain matters and prove that it has been "all a mistake."—20 January 1912 The Implet

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