Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
About Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
A cook is mixing bread in the kitchen when Jones comes home from a trip and finds his wife out. He flirts, and the cook puts floury hands on his back. His wife walks in, points at the prints, and dumps the pan of flour over his head. Jones bolts. The cook is fired.
Cast & crew
More about Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
James H. White directed for Edison Manufacturing. The Library of Congress dates the shooting to December 1899 or early January 1900 in the Black Maria. The Edison catalogue lists the length as 75 feet. The AFI catalog gives a January 1900 release.
Background
An Edison comic of 75 feet, shot at the turn of 1900 for catalogue sale.
Making
White staged the whole joke in one kitchen set inside the Black Maria.
Look
The camera stays on one kitchen set for the whole action.
Preservation
A paper print is in the Library of Congress paper-print collection.
Notes
- The Edison catalogue ends the summary: "A very funny picture.
- A Library of Congress description adds a small boy trying to put his hands in the dough, then hiding behind the door before Jones enters.
- The same description says the kitchen is wrecked before the wife overturns the flour bin.
- The picture is in the paper-print collection at the Library of Congress, in the Kemp Niver material.
Scenes
- The cook leaves two flour prints on the back of Jones's coat.
- His wife turns the flour pan over his head.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce (1900).webm)
