This was a short featuring Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew (Mrs. Drew was known as Lucille McVey before her marriage). Percival Montague (Sidney Drew) is the son of the Duke of Battleax(e) and marries Mary Smith, an "American with no money" and is cut off from father's money. Percival and Mary, who has $500, head off to America where they find work as a private waiter and pantry maid at a hotel on Long Island. Hi-jinks don't ensue, but apparently Percival's father dies, Percival becomes the Duke of Battleax(e) and inherits all of the vast wealth.
Considering that this "comedy" would have been competing against Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for comedic shorts, I don't think that this would have generated a lot of laughs. I could be wrong because I don't have the experience of sitting in a theater full of people and their potential contagious laughter, but it was only slightly interesting because of its age and Lucille McVey came from my home town of Sedalia, MO. If it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't have given a rating as high as what I did (5/10).
New music by Darrell Raby.
Considering that this "comedy" would have been competing against Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for comedic shorts, I don't think that this would have generated a lot of laughs. I could be wrong because I don't have the experience of sitting in a theater full of people and their potential contagious laughter, but it was only slightly interesting because of its age and Lucille McVey came from my home town of Sedalia, MO. If it weren't for that, I probably wouldn't have given a rating as high as what I did (5/10).
New music by Darrell Raby.
