The film starts out with milquetoast Melvin being bossed around by his shrewish wife. They're getting ready for their niece's wedding. She's about to be married to a guy that's the male equivalent of her Aunt. He's lazy and orders her around as well. At the wedding, the aunt even takes the vows for her niece. The ensuing story shows the lazy husband eating a load of pancakes made for the whole family and the wife yelling at her husband for making a mess. The husband finally grows a spine and starts being assertive, as does his niece with the bum of a husband and the shrew wife taking on the subservient roles. I was hoping that they would both haul off and hit these two unlikable and miserable people, but the ending was good enough. (Although the movie does end abruptly.) A "lost" Pathe short that really isn't so bad.
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