The wife of a feuding married couple is walking along the beach with a female friend when a man comes up and flirts with them. The husband has found a young woman whom he is flirting with that walks away angry when she realizes that he is married. The wife and the friend enter dressing rooms to change back into day clothes and they switch outfits, thus fooling the husband to believe that the friend is his wife. When he spots her flirting with another man later, he finds an old flame to do the same with.
Character name identifiers: Alice, Sammy Simpson, Hazel Knutt, Helen Bates, Bingo Bates, and Archie Oldboy.
Information from old can mentioned Ed Wynn. - is the main character Mr. Wynn?
I've uploaded an original photo of the actor from these scans (who wears the glasses) surrounded by beauties dressed in bearskins. The caption on the back says "A scene from Pioneer's "Facts and Follies" series. One a week - fifty two a year." The Pioneer Film Corporation released these shorts in 1919 to 1920. As of yet haven't found any real details or names of the performers, but one of the titles listed in the trades, DOWN BESIDE THE SEASIDE, could be this film, but it's hard to say without any other material for confirmation.
Ohter titles listed are BASEBALL AND BLOOMERS, BACK TO NATURE, TWO'S COMPANY, PROFESSOR WAS RIGHT, MY KINGDOM FOR A MEAL, IN THE SWEET DRY AND DRY, CAMPING BY PROXY, BABES IN BEARSKIN, CALL ME DADDY, KNOCKOUT MAGGIE, RUNNING ROMEOS, and YOUNG IDEAS.
Hopefully more info will turn up.
Steve Massa, 20.12.2010
