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  • Second Sight (1914)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Second Sight (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy
Near-sighted, testy and an almost impossible-to-live-with old crank, Ponsonby makes life miserable for his wife and those around him. At breakfast, one morning, he accuses his wife of injuring his glasses in some way. She meekly suggests ...See moreNear-sighted, testy and an almost impossible-to-live-with old crank, Ponsonby makes life miserable for his wife and those around him. At breakfast, one morning, he accuses his wife of injuring his glasses in some way. She meekly suggests he ought to change them. He gets his hand caught in the sugar bowl, meets with other awkward and embarrassing mishaps and stamps out bellowing with rage, to the oculist for a pair of tortoise-shell glasses. Shortly afterwards, he and his wife, Sarah, their maid, go to their bungalow at Indian Lake, where Ponsonby becomes absolutely unbearable. Sarah, cleaning up, is scared by Ponsonby, and pulls down the stove-pipe, scattering soot all over him. The women beat a hurried retreat and an exciting chase follows, during which Ponsonby whose glasses are in his wife's possession, blunders into many painful accidents. He is chased home at full speed by a big black bear and the affair winds up by his knocking over the stove and burning down the bungalow. After recovering from his experiences, his wife hands him over his glasses and gently reproaches him for his outburst of temper. He admits he has made a fool of himself, and with his arm around his happy little wife, says, "I have learned my lesson; I'm cured of my bad temper forever." His eyes fairly twinkle with good nature, and when their guide sympathizes with him about the loss of their bungalow, Ponsonby says he is now too happy to worry about anything. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Ned Finley
Writer
Roy L. McCardell (story)
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Updated Aug 5, 1914
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Aug 5, 1914 (United States)

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