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The Worst of Friends (1916)
Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The Worst of Friends (1916)

Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Lew Fields and his wife, Alice Davenport, are living in an apartment house, of which Lew is the janitor. They are visited by Joe Weber, who is the brother of Alice. Joe eats everything in sight. Alice wants Joe to have the best as her ...See moreLew Fields and his wife, Alice Davenport, are living in an apartment house, of which Lew is the janitor. They are visited by Joe Weber, who is the brother of Alice. Joe eats everything in sight. Alice wants Joe to have the best as her guest, but Lew is unsympathetic. Lew gives Joe a broom to sweep the halls and Joe is so awkward that he trips himself up and knocks Lew down. This angers Lew, who grabs the broom and hits Joe on the head. Joe waddles away as fast as he can but can't escape the hail of blows from Lew, until Alice sticks her head out of the apartment to see the excitement. When she sees Joe getting the worst of it, Alice runs up to Lew and nearly gets knocked down by a chance blow. This infuriates her and she slaps Lew's face right and left till he begs for mercy. A tenant sends a call to the janitor to take a package to the beauty parlor run by Mlle. Fashionsky (Mae Busch). Lew goes there and becomes fascinated with the charming proprietress. Mae is a little coy but Lew is very persuasive and puts his arm around her waist. Alice thinks Lew ought to be back and hunts him up. She is furious when she finds Lew sitting on a sofa with the beauty specialist. She does not wait for explanations from Lew but rushes back to her apartment. She calls up the police and says there has been a murder committed at her address by Lew. She then discharges a gun, lies down on the bed with it beside her and her face smeared with catsup. Lew comes in a little later and the police run in and arrest him as they think he has killed Alice. Lew protests vigorously but is hustled off to the police station. A doctor is called in and he makes an examination of the supposed dead woman. As he is testing her heart action she suddenly jumps up. After some time the woman explains the reason for her attempt and she goes down to the station and gets Lew out. Joe has got tired of dusting and beating rugs and enters the beauty parlor. By mistake he gets into the dressing room. The women make ludicrous attempts to escape and fall over each other, and Joe is also anxious to get away but only manages to trip them up. Just then someone starts to play the piano. A disappointed suitor of Mae Busch, the proprietor, has attached a bomb to one of the keys. When this key is played, the piano is blown through a skylight and lands in a pool where pretty girls in tights are bathing. They are nearly drowned but are aided in the rescue by Joe and Lew. They congratulate each other and are congratulated by the fair bathers for their rescue work. Alice admires them as a pair of heroes and it ends with all living happily together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Joe Weber The Janitor's Brother-in-Law The Janitor's Brother-in-Law See fewer	Friendly Enemies (1925)
Lew Fields TheJanitor TheJanitor See fewer	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Alice Davenport The Janitor's Wife The Janitor's Wife See fewer	Cohen's Outing (1913)
Mae Busch Mlle. Fashionsky Mlle. Fashionsky See fewer	The Unholy Three (1925)
Harry Gribbon Actor Actor See fewer	Show People (1928)