Before I start, I need to point out that I was a bit confused by who exactly made this film. When it begins, it says it's a "Tri-Stone Production" but Tri-Stone isn't listed on IMDb or Wikipedia. I do know that Tri-Star pictures is the name that was given to Keystone Studios after a merger and I assume that perhaps they had originally planned on calling it Tri-Stone and the name was quickly switched. More evidence of its Keystone roots (i.e., Tri-Star) is that during one chase scene, what looks like the Keystone Kops pass Keystone Studios!
As for the movie, it's typical of the era as there were a HUGE number of domestic comedies involving a cheating husband and a battle ax of a wife! In this case, a man is cheating on his battle ax with a secretary and the wife's brother finds out and rigs a phone up so the wife can hear the husband wooing the secretary and talking horribly about his spouse. He calls her a "dreadnaught" (i.e., a battleship) and says she should be in a freak show! This was pretty funny but what was funnier was her reaction! While purely slapstick, it was funny to see her come to work with guns blazing and see the secretary (Mae Busch) leap out of the way! Apart from this fight, there is also a dandy chase scene and this short is well worth a look. Silly, violent and fast-paced--this is better than average film but also one pretty typical of the era.
As for the movie, it's typical of the era as there were a HUGE number of domestic comedies involving a cheating husband and a battle ax of a wife! In this case, a man is cheating on his battle ax with a secretary and the wife's brother finds out and rigs a phone up so the wife can hear the husband wooing the secretary and talking horribly about his spouse. He calls her a "dreadnaught" (i.e., a battleship) and says she should be in a freak show! This was pretty funny but what was funnier was her reaction! While purely slapstick, it was funny to see her come to work with guns blazing and see the secretary (Mae Busch) leap out of the way! Apart from this fight, there is also a dandy chase scene and this short is well worth a look. Silly, violent and fast-paced--this is better than average film but also one pretty typical of the era.