Ford Sterling wraps up more than a quarter of a century as a leading film comic, from Keystone through RKO, in almost three hundred shorts and features, in this one, as a pompous businessman whose wife, Velma Wayne, collects dolls. Sterling has bought her one for her birthday, but it has accidentally burned, and she finds the remnants of the doll's hair and thinks he has been stepping out on her. The misunderstandings balloon, and soon enough she is filing for divorce.
Like many of the leading comics who worked for Mack Sennett, Sterling was a fine actor, with leading roles in the silent version of THE SHOW-OFF When not called upon to strangle himself to death, Sterling was capable of subtlety, and particularly adept at playing pompous people. Alas, he died at the age of 55 the day before this short came out. Its plot was re-used for Leon Erroll's PRETTY DOLLY five years later. With Barbara Pepper, Bud Jamison, and Eddie Dunn.
Like many of the leading comics who worked for Mack Sennett, Sterling was a fine actor, with leading roles in the silent version of THE SHOW-OFF When not called upon to strangle himself to death, Sterling was capable of subtlety, and particularly adept at playing pompous people. Alas, he died at the age of 55 the day before this short came out. Its plot was re-used for Leon Erroll's PRETTY DOLLY five years later. With Barbara Pepper, Bud Jamison, and Eddie Dunn.
