Billy's Ruse - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Boyd has never skated, but he'll try anything for Muriel's sake, and Billy professes to be a champion fancy skate artist. Billy has a "chewing match" with Fanny, his wife, and while she entertains a neighbor, Billy looks through a window ...See moreBoyd has never skated, but he'll try anything for Muriel's sake, and Billy professes to be a champion fancy skate artist. Billy has a "chewing match" with Fanny, his wife, and while she entertains a neighbor, Billy looks through a window and listens to the call of the ice. He sees what a terrible time Muriel is having in trying to teach Boyd to skate. She looks good to him, and he offers to teach Boyd to skate, and offers himself as an escort. Muriel, not knowing he is married, has a delightful time. Fanny, in the meantime, parts with her caller and discovers Billy's absence. She sees him from the house displaying his ability to Muriel. She goes after him, and after exciting mix-ups and eccentric comedy, Billy gets chased, and finding Fanny some skater, realizes his only means of escape is through a fisherman's hole in the ice, and he goes into it. It is only after apparently given up as lost that Billy appears, but he enjoys the scene from another hole. When he makes his appearance Fanny promises to let bygones be bygones. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less