Why Henry Left Home - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Polly is an over-tidy wife whose sole fad is the extermination of dust, and who follows her miserable spouse about with a duster in one hand and an ash tray in the other. One day Henry Minor is invited by a friend into his home to inspect ...See morePolly is an over-tidy wife whose sole fad is the extermination of dust, and who follows her miserable spouse about with a duster in one hand and an ash tray in the other. One day Henry Minor is invited by a friend into his home to inspect a puppy who is allowed to nestle its happy life away among satin cushions in the not over-tidy home of the Wards. Henry's fondness for visiting the Wards is noticed by Polly, who drags from Henry the acknowledgment that Mrs. Ward is "very charming" - an acknowledgment which gives Polly an hour of awful foreboding at the end of which she decides to peep through the window of the Ward home to discover what its real attraction is. Stealing to the window by the light of a gloomy moon she sees not pretty Mrs. Ward among the satin cushions, nor the "disgraceful puppy," nor even the game of poker that is in progress between Henry and his friend. All she saw was her nice, tidy Henry flicking cigarette ashes on the floor. She also saw on Henry's face a smile that was almost beatific, and determined to keep it there. Needless to say, on Henry's return home that night the whisk broom and shoe brush which were wont to hang outside the door for his especial use were gone, and more wonderful still, his home had taken on an atmosphere of delightful untidiness and Polly was playing poker. Written by Moving Picture World, February 2, 1918 See less