Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
About Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
Mr. Nation, in a nightshirt, walks a crying baby in a bedroom under a sign that reads "What is Home Without a Mother." He steps on a tack, spanks the older child back into bed, and throws down a newspaper after reading about his wife's campaign. He takes a drink from a whiskey bottle hidden under the pillow. Carrie Nation walks in, hits him, and pulls him over her knee.
Cast & crew
More about Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming directed the Edison short in 1901. It followed Porter's Kansas Saloon Smashers, also from 1901, and was tied to reports that Carrie Nation's husband wanted a divorce. The catalog record leaves the year field empty.
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Notes
- Wikidata times a copy at 2 minutes. English Wikipedia gives 1 minute 46 seconds.
- Carrie Nation was known for smashing saloons. The short makes her the one who spanks her husband for drinking.
Scenes
- Mr. Nation drinks from the bottle under the pillow just as his wife enters.
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