Mr. Jack Ducks the Alimony

1916

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Frank Daniels and Eulalie Jensen in Mr. Jack Ducks the Alimony (1916)

Handsome Jack Magee simply cannot get along with his jealous wife, so when she sees him trying to flirt with the pretty maid, she sues for a divorce. Jack finds he will have to pay alimony, ... Read allHandsome Jack Magee simply cannot get along with his jealous wife, so when she sees him trying to flirt with the pretty maid, she sues for a divorce. Jack finds he will have to pay alimony, and absolutely refuses to do so. Unable to convince the lawyer of his disregard for the la... Read allHandsome Jack Magee simply cannot get along with his jealous wife, so when she sees him trying to flirt with the pretty maid, she sues for a divorce. Jack finds he will have to pay alimony, and absolutely refuses to do so. Unable to convince the lawyer of his disregard for the law, he finally enlists in the army in order to avoid paying alimony. There his ludicrous st... Read all

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When Eulalie Jensen catches husband Frank Daniels flirting with the maid, she demands a divorce. Loath to pay alimony, Daniels enlists in the army.

I have seen about half a dozen of Daniels' movies as I write this, and my assessment of his comic abilities is not high. Likewise, director C. J. Williams has not impressed me with his ability to direct comedy in the fifteen or twenty movies I have seen him credited with. Yet here, he settles on the simple expedient of focusing on Daniels in close-up, and allowing the audience to see his mugging, and that is quite amusing. How did Daniels impress the stage audiences in his long career before the movies?