Edgar, Florence Lake, Dot Farley and Jack Rice are at their cabin for the winter. After Edgar quarrels with his doctor, Florence gives him his pills -- and thinks she has poisoned him by mistake!
It's a jolly and heartless Christmas entry in Kennedy's long-running "Common Man" series, now in its second year, and the writing is still brisk and varied, with the relationship between Edgar and Florence still possessed of its moments of tenderness and skilled acting. That's one of the things that people don't usually associate with the comedians who, like Edgar, came out of Mack Sennett's comedy troupe. Although he was usually called upon to do two things in most of his feature appearances -- bluster and the Slow Burn -- he was quite capable of turning in a creditable performance. So was Miss Rice.
It's a jolly and heartless Christmas entry in Kennedy's long-running "Common Man" series, now in its second year, and the writing is still brisk and varied, with the relationship between Edgar and Florence still possessed of its moments of tenderness and skilled acting. That's one of the things that people don't usually associate with the comedians who, like Edgar, came out of Mack Sennett's comedy troupe. Although he was usually called upon to do two things in most of his feature appearances -- bluster and the Slow Burn -- he was quite capable of turning in a creditable performance. So was Miss Rice.