Summary

b&w silent slapstick comedy feature - spoof w/ gags, stunts, humorous title cards - fat man - night - Freddie / portly man builds bungalow for future wife Mabel, wheels cart w/ lantern to construction site - c/u Mabel makes promise to marry Freddie when house built - Freddie installs door upside down, African-American worker laughs - racial stereotype - c/u upside down door - c/u pretty young lady sings as she washes clothes w/ scrub board Mabel's sister-in-law, Mary reads book - toddler gets out of crib - mother tells boy to go to his aunt Mabel and boy leaves Mabel's brother, Jack, feels ill, sits near window, takes deep breath - Freddie comes to pick up Mabel and brother for work in convertible car at Regal Apartment building - gentleman Freddie tips his hat interior newpaper office - men sit at desks, read newspaper - c/u man smokes pipe, lots of smoke m/c Jack next to man who smokes, looks bothered by smoke, gets up to walk away, falls down floor, faints - men run to help