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The Tyrant's Dream (1909)
Short | Short, Drama

The Tyrant's Dream (1909)

Short | Short, Drama

A tyrannical husband, returning home from work in the evening after a hard day's work at the office, finds his supper only in preparation instead of being ready as usual, and in a rage abuses his frightened wife and her mother, who are ...See moreA tyrannical husband, returning home from work in the evening after a hard day's work at the office, finds his supper only in preparation instead of being ready as usual, and in a rage abuses his frightened wife and her mother, who are making strenuous efforts to hasten the tardy meal and appease the wrath of their lord and master. After a scene of tears on the part of the wife and defiance on the part of the mother-in-law, the irritable husband adjourns to the library and buries himself in his paper. Worn out by the exertions of the day, he soon falls into a troubled sleep. The door of the cabinet flies open, and a little imp of mischief bounds into the room. Waving his magic wand over the head of the slumbering tyrant, he laughs in glee as he sees the workings of his mysterious art. The tyrannical husband is at once launched into dreamland. The library fades away and an office appears. The stenographer is at work at her desk and the office boy, taking advantage of his master's absence, is reading a dime novel, his feet on the desk and a cigarette stuck in his mouth. The tyrant arrives. The office boy is kicked into a corner, and later sent on an errand. The office boy exits, and Mr. Grouch begins to flirt with the blonde stenographer. Enter wife and mother-in-law. At once all is confusion. The wife tackles the stenographer, while mother sails into the tyrant. There is only one way of escape, by the window, and through it the guilty husband dives and lands on his head on the pavement below. More dead than alive be staggers away. We next see him running clown the street. Turning a corner he bumps into the fleeing stenographer, who, losing her wig in the mêlée, presents a most terrifying appearance to the escaping husband. Suddenly the wife and mother-in-law appear before him out of the very air, and proceed to belabor him with their umbrellas. Just as he is about to succumb to this harsh treatment, they disappear into space, and the terrified victim dashes madly away. He sees a horse and buggy standing by the curb, and confiscates it, thinking to make good his escape. He starts to step into the buggy, when, horror upon horror, the dreaded wife and mother-in-law are seated in the vehicle. With a frightened scream the tyrant staggers back. In an instant horse and buggy and all disappear into air. On he goes from one adventure to another, always haunted by the dread apparition of the enraged females, until finally he spies a ladder leaning against the side of a building. It offers an avenue of escape, and up he goes. He is just reaching the top, when before him again appear the two dreaded faces. Clutching at the air wildly, the terror stricken man plunges headlong to the ground below. Presto, the avengers are standing over his prostrate body before the twinkling of an eye, Gathering the now helpless wreck of a man up in their arms, the two women bear him away. We next see them cramming his limp form into a large barrel and piling on great quantities of combustible materials. They set fire to the pile, and up in smoke the unfortunate victim goes. The fire fades away, and again we see the library and the sleeping husband still seated in his arm chair, squirming under the torture of the little imp of mischief, who, with a hot poker is burning the hands and feet of the household tyrant. Suddenly the imp disappears and the husband is awakened by his wife and mother-in-law calling him to supper. The realization that he has been in the throes of a hideous nightmare dawns upon him, and so overjoyed is he that it was only a dream that he surprises both the abused women by clasping them in his arms and swearing that never again will he reign as tyrant in his now appreciated home. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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