Long May It Wave

Long May It Wave is a lost 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company, featuring Raymond McKee, Mae Hotely, Marguerite Ne Moyer, Ed Lawrence, Ben Walker, and Oliver Hardy.

[1][2] Pat McCarthy's wife Nora has "a strong fist and a short temper", and she hurls a dishpan at him when he forgets to bring in the coal.

Finally, the general hauls the hero and heroine before the king on charges of treason, but three flag-waving marines appear to protect the lovers.

At first the plan is successful, but when Nora offers him a drink, he sets the flags down, at which point she seizes him and sits him on the hot stove until he repents.

[2] It was a short split-reel comedy, lasting approximately 7–8 minutes, and sharing a single reel with a second, unrelated film, Getting Solid with Pa, starring Jimmy Hodges, Frances Ne Moyer, and Billy Bowers.

[2] Long May It Wave is one of several short comedies made in the spring and summer of 1914 that include the first screen appearances of Oliver Hardy.

[1][2] The film was written by Epes W. Sargent, who discussed the construction of the final gag in a column of advice for screenwriters published in The Moving Picture World in July 1914: It may help the student of the real technique to study the climax of Long May it Wave, a Lubin comedy scheduled for release June 20th.

Promotional still from Long May It Wave , with Babe Hardy as the king at far right