The short is a domestic comedy starring Marjorie Beebe and George Barraud. It begins with the husband berating his wife for being fat. Later, you learn that the husband is actually running around with a married woman and her husband is extremely jealous...and violent. What happens next? Well, surprisingly, the 'fat' wife comes to the rescue!
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Andy Clyde as Arthur Fleming
Marjorie Beebe as Marge Wadsworth
George Barraud as George Wadsworth
Aggie Herring as Mother Graham
Mack Sennett Director
United States 25 May 1930
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