Her Dressmaker's Bills

1912
6m

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Mrs. Owing is fond of dress, but she cannot pay her bills. The dressmakers, calling to collect from her annoy Mr. Owing at his office. Determining to teach his wife a lesson, Mr. Owing disgu... Read allMrs. Owing is fond of dress, but she cannot pay her bills. The dressmakers, calling to collect from her annoy Mr. Owing at his office. Determining to teach his wife a lesson, Mr. Owing disguises himself as a constable and hires two toughs to impersonate bailiffs. Meanwhile a boy ... Read allMrs. Owing is fond of dress, but she cannot pay her bills. The dressmakers, calling to collect from her annoy Mr. Owing at his office. Determining to teach his wife a lesson, Mr. Owing disguises himself as a constable and hires two toughs to impersonate bailiffs. Meanwhile a boy has delivered Mr. Owing's new dress suit to his house. Mr. Owing enters with his fake bail... Read all

Director
- Phillips Smalley
Stars
- Pearl White
- Chester Barnett

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Director
- Phillips Smalley
Stars
- Pearl White
- Chester Barnett

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Pearl White

Mrs. Owing

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Mr. Owing

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The Perils of Fashion

Before she became Pauline, Pearl White faced the peril of her dressmaker's bills. At any rate, that's how her husband, Chester Barnett feels about it when they keep coming into his office and presenting them to him. Although the copy I saw timed out at eight minutes, this Phillips Smalley comedy was originally released as a split-reel.

Miss White mugs outrageously in this one, but Mr. Barnett's performance is not of the less-is-more variety. It's one of those simple practical-joke movies, but there's some motivation and a nice capper joke. At this length, you can derive some pleasure from seeing Miss White deal with the small crises before she learned to leap from aeroplanes with aplomb.