A Case of Beans (1915) DALY-1150 Tom Walsh (?), Jane Bernoudy, Jack Prescott, and Fritzi Brunette A Case of Beans -- JOKER - AUGUST 26. -- Mrs. Newlywed is so engroseed in giving her est to her frequent bridge parties that anything is good enough for hubby. He resents having so often to eat beans on the corner of the kitchen table and decides to play a joke on his wife. He fills up an empty can with gravel and puts a new label on it. The women of the bridge party being scared over a burglary, decide to leave their jewels in Mrs. Newlywed's vault. The latter puts them in an empty bean can awaiting transportation to the vault. The cook and the ice-man discover the gems and do some sleuthing on their own. Some very odd developments present themselves, in quick succession, and in the end, Mr. Newlywed is forced to eat the can of gravel. There is a happy ending and a readjustment of values, in which the young bride forswears bridge and beans. -- Motography, August 28, 1915, p. 437 The Daly Joker company is making "A Case of Beans," being the experience of a young husband whose wife was so devoted to bridge she neglected to serve other than canned goods -- mostly beans -- for their meals. How he improved conditions makes an interesting story. Jack Prescott, late of the Santa Barbara company, is now leading man of this organization, playing opposite Fritzi Brunette. -- Motion Picture News, May 15, 1915, p.43 JOKER. A CASE OF BEANS (Aug. 26) -- A newly married pair have set up housekeeping in an apartment. The young wife is devoted to bridge and insists on entertaining her club friends at the expense of the comport of her young husband. When her young husband returns from his work for lunch she forces him to eac on a corner of the kitchen table, and although she was been preparing an elaborate lunch for her guests, she forces him to be satisfied with a can of beans. He rebels at this constant diet of beans and fills an empty can with gravel, puts a new label on it taken from another can of geans, set the can on the shelf and departs for lunch. The bridge party arrives, enjoy the day a discuss a big burglary reported. The ladies all insist that the hostess take charge of their jewels and put them in the safety deposit vault box which she owns. She accepts the trust and while waiting an opportunity to go to the vault hides the jewels in an empty can which she labels "Beans." These jewels she leaves for a moment while dressing for the street, and her cook, who discovers them as she is about to treat the ice man to a light lunch of canned beans. They both decide that the master and mistress are the thieves and begin a system of espionage that has it embarrassments for all parties. The young bride sets forth for the safety vault, carring the can of gravel by mistake, and is followed by the two "detectufs."  She meets her husband on the way, explains her mission and he laughts at her, but she goes on and he, continuing on his way toward home, discovers the cook and ice man following her. He discovers the jewels in a can which they are carrying, learns the facts as well as the suspicions that exist and plays a joke on all parties concerned that has a back-fire to it in the fact that he is compelled to eat the can of gravel before he gets through. Of course, there is a happy ending and a readjustment of values, in which the young bride forswears bridge and beans. -- Moving Picture World, August 21, 1915, p. 1382 with Fritzi Brunette and Jack Prescott. Directed by William Robert Daly. Joker/Universal. More Information on this film...                                      This work (A Case of Beans (1915), by Universal), identified by Bruce Calvert, is free of known copyright restrictions. Books (none) Last Modified May 10, 2025