She Would Be an Actress

1909

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About She Would Be an Actress

Mrs. Youngwife buys a book, How to Become a Great Actress, and decides she is ready for the stage. Her husband cannot talk her out of it. He follows her in disguise, breaks up the first performance, and beats an admirer who is too eager. He says he will get a divorce. She drops the stage and stays with him.

More about She Would Be an Actress

Lubin released this comedy in 1909. The catalogue synopsis names Mrs. Youngwife and her husband and does not name the players.

Themes

Notes

  • The book title in the synopsis is How to Become a Great Actress.
  • The husband watches the debut in disguise.
  • The thrashing is aimed at an admirer in the audience, not at the wife.
  • The threat of divorce is what ends the stage plan.
  • Lubin is the only company credited.

Scenes

  • She studies the how-to book and leaves for a debut.
  • The disguised husband stops the performance and hits the admirer.