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The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by George D. Baker
Cast: John Bunny [Mr. Nag], Flora Finch [Mrs. Nag], Mabel Normand [Miss Prue, the stenographer], Mrs. B.F. Clinton, James Morrison
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Van Dyke Brooke. / Released 14 July 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Nag objects to her husband having a pretty female stenographer in his office, and orders him to employ one of his own sex. So Miss Prue, the good-looking stenographer to whom Mrs. Nag objects, dresses in man’s attire. On her way to business one morning she sends a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Nag, with the inscription, “Compliments of an ardent admirer.” Miss Prue apprises her boss of her deed, and when Mrs. Nag arrives at his office, he accuses her of having another admirer. Miss Prue is victorious and when we see her in the last scene she is her own admirable self once more, seated before the typewriter in Mr. Nag’s office, with every prospect of being an uninterrupted and permanent employee. Mild and docile, Mrs. Nag modestly enters the office, but offers no objections or interruptions, submissively waiting for her husband to escort her home.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Secretaries
Listing updated: 7 October 2023.
References: Blum-Silent p. 24; Fussell-Normand p. 242 : Website-IMDb.
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