"A Hint to Brides" is a comedy short from the Al Christie unit at Paramount. I've seen quite a few shorts from this studio and would have to say that this particular short is, so far, my favorite. It's strange and unlike any other short I've seen...and I appreciate that.
When the film begins, a couple gets married. However, instead of doing what most normal people would do on their wedding night, the pair are planning on going to the theater, as they were given some free tickets. But the husband (Johnny Arthur) forgot the tickets at home and they have to return for them....and he walks into the middle of a burglary. It seems that burglars knew the couple wasn't supposed to be home and were using this time to rob the place. When the wife comes into the home to find her husband tied up and the crooks there...though one of the burglars (the lady) insists that they should just leave and steal nothing....and the boyfriend agrees. However, the wife does something very strange....she encourages them to take all the awful and duplicate wedding gifts. This way, she won't need to worry about keeping ugly gifts or having to return them! What follows is amazingly civil and nice...a very strange sort of robbery!!
The cleverness of this short is what won me over to it. It's just so unusual and it made me smile due to some clever writing. Well worth seeing.
When the film begins, a couple gets married. However, instead of doing what most normal people would do on their wedding night, the pair are planning on going to the theater, as they were given some free tickets. But the husband (Johnny Arthur) forgot the tickets at home and they have to return for them....and he walks into the middle of a burglary. It seems that burglars knew the couple wasn't supposed to be home and were using this time to rob the place. When the wife comes into the home to find her husband tied up and the crooks there...though one of the burglars (the lady) insists that they should just leave and steal nothing....and the boyfriend agrees. However, the wife does something very strange....she encourages them to take all the awful and duplicate wedding gifts. This way, she won't need to worry about keeping ugly gifts or having to return them! What follows is amazingly civil and nice...a very strange sort of robbery!!
The cleverness of this short is what won me over to it. It's just so unusual and it made me smile due to some clever writing. Well worth seeing.