He Wanted His Pants

He Wanted His Pants
Raymond McKee and "Babe" Hardy in a publicity still from He Wanted His Pants
Written byEpes W. Sargent
Produced byArthur Hotaling
StarringRaymond McKee
Oliver Hardy
Production
company
Release date
  • December 5, 1914 (1914-12-05)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

He Wanted His Pants is a 1914 American silent short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.

Plot

According to the copyright description,[1] "James Hinson gets in a poker game and brings home a couple of hundred. His snores wake his wife early and she finds the money. She also finds a hole in the trousers and takes them downstairs to mend. She lacks the proper thread and runs over to a neighbor for it. Jimson wakes and can find neither wife, or pants. He Jumps at the conclusion that his wife and the money have both been stolen. Uniquely clad in a frock coat, silk hat and a table cover, he enlists the aid of a couple of policemen, imploring them to find his money and his wife, but to find the money first. They find both at the same time, but when Mrs. Jimson declares that she has not the money, they decide to search her. Jimson interferes, knowing that the money is probably in her stocking. He talks her out of it, and tips the policemen, who goes away. Mrs. Jimson reaches for her spouses, but he calls the policemen back and sails away like an ocean liner."

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References

  1. ^ a b He Wanted His Pants. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977. p. 2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.