Poisoned Ivory

IMDB lists "Poisoned Ivory" with a running time of 18 minutes, though the copy I found on YouTube ran 21.

The story begins at Christmas and Edgar is in a worse mood than usual. While he justifiably hates his mother-in-law and her son, he's just plain mean. So, when a doctor friend comes to see him, Edgar picks a fight with him and the doc storms out of the house. A bit later, he'll regret that. It's because Mrs. Kennedy thinks she's poisoned him but the brother-in-law told the doctor that this was NOT true....and she was mistaken. So, the doc and brother-in-law decide to teach him a lesson.

This is a good short, though it certainly doesn't cover any new territory as he and his in-laws are ALWAYS at odds in these films. I must say, however, for once he's a lot meaner than them!

This is the perfect anti-Christmas film...with no sweetness, no sentimentality and not holiday spirit. I appreciated this aspect of the film.