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  • His Pair of Pants (1912)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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His Pair of Pants (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short
Enthused by the warm weather, Mr. Horatio Smith yields to his wife's entreaties to dig up the back-yard truck garden. He gets half way through his work before he sees that he is soiling his pants, and he goes to the garret, dons a pair of ...See moreEnthused by the warm weather, Mr. Horatio Smith yields to his wife's entreaties to dig up the back-yard truck garden. He gets half way through his work before he sees that he is soiling his pants, and he goes to the garret, dons a pair of overalls and leaves his pants up there and his month's salary. While he is digging the garden, an old clothes peddler calls at the front door. Mrs. Smith sees a chance to get some money for buying garden seed and sells the pants Smith left up in the garret. Poor Smith discovers the truth and he and his wife hurry frantically after the peddler. They sweep down upon him and scatter his clothes right and left before he can explain to them that he has just sold the pants to a tramp. Mr. and Mrs. Smith leave the indignant peddler and continue the search after the tramp. Meanwhile the hobo has put on the pants in a convenient shed nearby, has discovered the roll of greenbacks, and is spending Smith's wad right and left on ice cream and peanuts for kids. About this time the Rev. Jones, a minister, hurriedly leaves his house with a pair of pants that he has to have pressed, which are an exact duplicate of Smith's, and he is overtaken by Smith and his wife. Smith, in his excitement, declares the minister has his pants and tries to pull them away from him. They are ripped in two, and the minister and Smith begin hitting each other with the two halves. A cop separates the combatants and is just about to arrest them when Smith sees the tramp down the street. The tramp has come out of the saloon, gloriously drunk, and is throwing Smith's money to a big crowd of men, women and children. Smith the minister, the cop and Smith's wife rush up to the tramp, but he sees them coming, and the crowd chase him down the street. The tramp, during the chase, crawls through a wire fence. It is not until he stumbles and falls into a shallow pool of puddle water that the cop and Smith can lay their hands on him. Smith then discovers, to his great grief, that the pants are not only ruined, but that not much of his money is left. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Sep 21, 1912
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Sep 21, 1912 (United States)

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Jerold T. Hevener's primary photo
Jerold T. Hevener
Horatio Smith Horatio Smith   See fewer
The Female Detective (1913)
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Eleanor Caines
Horatio's Wife - Mrs. Smith Horatio's Wife - Mrs. Smith   See fewer
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Walter Stull
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