My Sister-in-Law from America
About My Sister-in-Law from America
Mrs. Balle comes home and finds her husband with a young woman. A telegram says his brother Tommy is arriving from America with a wife. Tommy loses that wife in the harbor crowd and reaches the house alone. Mr. Balle asks him to pretend the woman already there is the American wife. A policeman walks the real wife, who speaks English, to the address. Mr. Balle tells Mrs. Balle that Tommy is a Mormon and that this woman is another wife. The two women fight. He breaks them up and says he will send the extra lady away.
Cast & crew
More about My Sister-in-Law from America
Lau Lauritzen Sr. directed. Valdemar Hansen wrote the script, which is kept in the Nordisk Film collection. Hugo J. Fischer photographed it. Nordisk negative 1494 is 358 meters and was released tinted. The Danish opening was at the Biograf-Theatret.
Themes
Look
Hugo J. Fischer photographed the short on 35mm. The release print was tinted.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons as Min Svigerinde fra Amerika (1917).webm.
Notes
- Bertel Krause plays Balle. Kate Fabian plays Mrs. Balle. Agnes Andersen plays Miss Anni. Frederik Buch plays Tommy. Betzy Kofoed plays Tommy’s American wife.
- Gyda Aller and Carlo Møller are also in the cast.
- The Danish title is Min Svigerinde fra Amerika. Another English title is An American Sister-in-Law.
Scenes
- Mrs. Balle walks in on her husband and the young woman.
- Tommy arrives without the wife he lost at the harbor.
- A policeman brings the real American wife to the door.
- The two women fight after Mr. Balle calls Tommy a Mormon.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Min Svigerinde fra Amerika (1917).webm)
