Officer Henderson (1913)
1913 · Silent film · 11 min · dir. Alice Guy-Blaché
- Short
- Comedy
Synopsis
Captain Rogers, of Central Police Station, receives a complaint from merchants that a gang of purse snatchers are terrorizing their patrons. Veiled sneers are directed against the efficacy of the police service, and Captain Rogers decides to check the evil. He selects two officers and instructs them to furnish themselves with fashionable raiment, such as would attract a purse snatcher to choose them as "ready-money" victims. Officers Henderson and Williams are on the job. (Officer Henderson makes a dashing appearance in his finery, enters a café and orders his lunch, keeping a sharp look-out for purse snatchers, in the meantime his attention is soon attracted by the bold glances that a flashily dressed man is sending in his direction. He starts a successful flirtation and agrees to meet the masher at the same place the next day. Henderson returns to his home and removes the feminine garments, which he hangs up in his closet. His pretty young wife is visiting her mother for a few days but gets lonesome and returns home ahead of time and finds the garments in her husband's closet. The next day the wife dressed herself up in the "other woman's clothes" and goes downtown hoping to meet her husband and trap him. Lunch hour being near, she returns into the same restaurant where her husband has made his date with his ardent admirer of yesterday. She takes her place at a table and is eagerly joined by the flashy stranger, who kisses her hand and vows his undying love. Mrs.…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Alice Guy-Blaché
- Released
- 1913-03-11
- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- gay
- bache
- silents
Cast & crew
Alice Guy-Blaché Director
Fraunie Fraunholz
Marian Swayne
