His First Tooth (1916)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Mildly entertaining one-reeler about parents (Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew) who begin to worry when their six-month-old son has yet to get his first tooth. The day finally comes but then the parents begin to freak out with everything else that happens including the fever and any possible pain the kid might be in. This short isn't a complete success but it's charming enough to where most people will get at least a little entertainment out of it. The best way to think of the story is all the stress that we usually see in pictures about the kid being born is done here with the exception being the first tooth. I thought the film worked better at the beginning when the parents are simply worried about no teeth coming in. We get a couple nice laughs and a terrific joke on one of the title cards. The second half of the film has the parents becoming rather annoying and I didn't find as much of the humor funny. Drew, who also directed, does a nice job as the father and he certainly has no problem acting the role with his wife.