Mrs. Black Is Back
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
T. N. Heffron
May Irwin
Charles Lane
Clara Blandick
Wellington A. Playter
Elmer Booth
Film Details
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Synopsis
The very gullible Professor Newton Black is led to believe that his new wife, a former widow, is the twenty-nine-year-old mother of a small boy. In reality, the corpulent Mrs. Black is forty, and her grown son Jack is a ne'er-do-well. Mrs. Black's life is further complicated by the financial demands of Tom Larkey, her physical fitness instructor, under whose tutelage she attempted to lose weight but instead gained ten pounds. Her pretense is nearly shattered by the arrival of Jack, for whom Professor Black has purchased a large variety of toys, and his creditor. Still hoping to delude her husband, Mrs. Black dresses Jack in feminine attire, blackens his face, and installs him as her cook. In this guise, Jack encounters his sweetheart, Priscilla Black, the professor's daughter by a previous marriage. After confessing to her husband, Mrs. Black drives away, only to be involved in an automobile accident. She then returns to her husband and son who both assure her of their love.
Director
T. N. Heffron
Cast
May Irwin
Charles Lane
Clara Blandick
Wellington A. Playter
Elmer Booth
James Hester
Cyril Chadwick
Marie Pavis
Howard Missimer
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
Exteriors of this film were shot at May Irwin's summer home in the Thousand Islands, NY. Irwin, the most famous stage comedienne in America at the turn of the century, also appeared in the Broadway production of the play. Although some reviews call this Irwin's film debut, she previously appeared in the famous Edison short The Kiss in 1896 with John C. Rice, her co-star in the theatrical production of The Widow Jones from which the scene was taken.
