Love, Honor and Behave! (1920)

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Directors:

F. Richard Jones
Erle C. Kenton

Writer:

Mack Sennett (scenario)

Release Date:

20 November 1920 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures...

Plot Keywords:

Newlywed | Blackmail | Circumstantial Evidence

Cast

Charles Murray	...	His Honor, Judge Fawcett
Ford Sterling	...	Milton Robin, a Haberdasher
Phyllis Haver	...	Mrs. Milton Robin
Marie Prevost	...	Newlywed
George O'Hara	...	Newlywed
Charlotte Mineau	...	A Merry Widow
Billy Bevan	...	A Fake Lawyer
Kalla Pasha	...	His Right-Hand Man
Eddie Gribbon	...	His Left-Hand Man
Fanny Kelly	...	The Judge's Wife
Billy Armstrong	...	The District Attorney
Joseph Belmont	...	Undetermined Role (as Baldy Belmont)
James Finlayson		(as Jim Finlayson)
Eva Thatcher	...	Undetermined Role
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Allen
Al Cooke
Elva Diltz
Frank Earle
Virginia Fox
Raymond Griffith	...	Man with Married Girlfriend
Mildred June
Patrick Kelly
Sybil Seely		(as Sibye Trevilla)

Runtime:

USA:50 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Mack Sennett Comedies

Wacky Mack Sennett Comedy

Only two reels of this Mack Sennett feature still exist, so it is very difficult to judge how good the complete feature would have been. The film has a Who's Who cast from the Mack Sennett Studio in 1920. It looks as if every comedian who was working for Sennett at the time appeared in the film. Marie Prevost and George O'Hara are a newly married couple who visit Judge Charlie Murray to obtain a divorce. The judge tells them some kind of story about husband Charlie Murray and wife Phyllis Haver -- it is hard to tell exactly what the story is because so much of the film is missing. The first reel consists of many married couples having illicit rendezvous at a cafe. Billy Bevan, Kalla Pascha and Eddie Gribbon play shady lawyers who apparently prowl the place looking for blackmail victims. Raymond Griffith has a short bit as a boyfriend who does not realize that his girlfriend is married.

In the latter reel, Sterling has crashed his car into Judge Murray's car. Apparently Sterling has done much to embarrass Murray, so Sterling is hauled into court in front of him. It looks like Sterling will be doing a long stretch of jail time, until lawyer Bevan produces an embarrassing photo of the judge. When Murray's wife finds out, general mayhem ensues, with several people dangling from high electrical power wires. Unfortunately, this is all of the film that exists. While the film probably was not a classic, it is a shame that most of it is lost.