"Artistic Temper" is a most enjoyable Vitaphone short. And, unlike many Vitaphone shorts, particularly the early ones, this one actually has a story and is much like a short movie.
Ruth Etting plays Ruth White, a housewife who is married to a doctor who, inexplicably, hates show people. He does not want her going on the stage and has told her he doesn't want show people hanging around their home. Why? I have no idea. Regardless, the doctor is called away on a case and Ruth lets her piano player friend bring his Broadway friends for a visit. However, the idiot husband arrives early and throws what amounts to as a big temper tantrum...and Ruth leaves. Soon, she's on the stage and over the years she becomes famous. But what about her ex-husband, the doc?
I enjoyed Etting's singing quite a bit...it was very smooth and relaxing. I also liked the story....even if I did think the husband was a real wiener! Overall, very well done for a Vitaphone short...and well worth seeing.