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  • Brass Buttons (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
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Brass Buttons (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Mr. Gay gets an invitation to join a poker game, but as there is a burglar scare in the neighborhood his wife objects to his going out that night. He persuades her to go to bed early, so that he can follow the instructions of the ...See moreMr. Gay gets an invitation to join a poker game, but as there is a burglar scare in the neighborhood his wife objects to his going out that night. He persuades her to go to bed early, so that he can follow the instructions of the invitation, to go after his wife is asleep. But the wife reads the note and is wise, and decides to counterplot by locking up Gay's clothes. In the meantime Mary is entertaining the cop in the kitchen. In the parlor Gay yawns and pretends to be sleepy and proposes to his wife to retire early. The wife, having laid her plans, consents and takes opportunity while he is locking up the house, to take his coat and other clothes and lock them in the wardrobe in her bedroom. Gay patiently waits for his wife to go to sleep; then finds that he cannot get his clothes without awakening her. The cop outside finds it is a cold night; he enters the kitchen, empties the bottle and goes to sleep. Gay hears him snoring. An idea; he will borrow the cop's coat and surprise the fellows at the club. On his way he disperses a gang of toughs, receives a bribe and drink from a saloon keeper, only to find when he gets to the club that the other members flee in terror at the sight of the brass buttons. Gay takes the jack-jot. The cop in the meantime has awakened and starts to look for a bracer. The wife hears the noise, thinks the cop is her husband, tip-toes up to him and hugs him. Mary, the maid, enters to see Mrs. Gay hugging the cop. But Mrs. Gay screams as she finds she has been hugging a stranger and runs to her room. Mary is mad at the cop, but he dare not leave the house without his uniform. Gay on his way home from the club recovers the proceeds of a burglary, which had been dropped by the crooks in their flight. He arrives home with it and tells the cop to take it to the station house, it will mean promotion for him. Gay then makes the place look as though a burglary were committed. He calls his wife and poses as a hero. The cop later makes peace with Mary by showing her the added stripe on his arm that he got for his bravery. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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George Hennessy (story)
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Mar 4, 1913 (United States)

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