Under a Spell

A lady burglar breaks into their home and leaves a hat. Alice Howell thinks husband Neely Smith has brought a girl friend home, so she hires a hypnotist to get him to tell her all about it. The hypnotist demonstrates his powers by making Smith think he's a monkey. And they're off.

There are some good comedy gags here, and Smith demonstrates his ability to juggle, but it's not a terribly distinguished short comedy. Miss Howell was losing interest in the movies. She had been plowing the money she and husband Dick SMith (who directed this movie) into real estate. As one of her descendants said -- her daughter Yvonne married George Stevens -- when her income from real estate got to be larger than her earnings as a performer, she quit the show business.