Should Husbands Be Watched?

19251925
15m

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6.6/10

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Olive Borden, Charley Chase, and Katherine Grant in Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)

Comedy Short

Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorti... Read allMr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.

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6.6/10

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1,090,400

8,894

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- Leo McCarey
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Charley Chase

Jamison Jump

Katherine Grant

Mrs. Jump

Olive Borden

The New Maid

Mickey Bennett

Boy
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Jack Gavin

Robbery Victim
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Al Hallett

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According to some print sources the police officer who appears briefly at the end of this short is played by William Frawley. Although the actor in this scene admittedly resembles Frawley he appears to be 55 to 60 years old, as Frawley was when he played Fred Mertz TV's I Love Lucy in the 1950s. In 1925 when this short was made, Frawley was in his mid-30s and touring the country in vaudeville with his wife.

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Becoming Charley Chase

Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Charley Chase comes home and tells his wife (Katherine Grant) that he's been given a raise in pay so she can quit cleaning the house because they're going to hire a maid. This maid (Olive Borden) turns out to be incredibly sexy, which doesn't sit too well with the wife when she thinks Charley takes a liking to her. This is yet another decent short from Hal Roach that doesn't have too much plot and goes for the simple laughs. This normally wouldn't be a good thing but since the films runs only 9-minutes it's not too bad. The best moments of the film are early on when the new "rich" couple aren't sure how to act with someone else doing all their dirty works. This leads to a couple good gags that are followed up with a nice sequence of a burglar going after them and Chase pretty much paying him to act like he's scared. The three performers all do nice work and Borden certainly fits into her vamp role. Not the greatest film out there but fans of Chase will want to check it out.

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