Martha Slipaway (played by Mae Busch) is a protagonist in The Nutcracker.
Horatio's wife who is initially domineering and henpecks him at home. She attends his reception, falls in love with him again, and later discovers his faked amnesia. She kidnaps him and arranges for surgeons to threaten a memory-restoring operation, forcing him to admit his true identity and leading to a happy reunion. Horatio Slipaway (played by Edward Everett Horton) is a protagonist in The Nutcracker.
The protagonist who flees his domineering wife and is injured by a streetcar. Feigning amnesia under the alias Pete Peters of Peru, he invests his settlement in stocks, wins a fortune, and hosts a reception. Under the threat of surgery to restore his memory, he confesses his real identity and reunites with his wife.
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Characters
Martha Slipaway
(played by Mae Busch) — protagonist
Horatio's wife who is initially domineering and henpecks him at home. She attends his reception, falls in love with him again, and later discovers his faked amnesia. She kidnaps him and arranges for s...
Horatio Slipaway
(played by Edward Everett Horton) — protagonist
The protagonist who flees his domineering wife and is injured by a streetcar. Feigning amnesia under the alias Pete Peters of Peru, he invests his settlement in stocks, wins a fortune, and hosts a rec...
Key Relationships
Horatio Slipaway → Martha Slipaway
(Family Wife)
Story Analysis
A henpecked husband fakes amnesia to escape domestic life, only to be drawn back by love and forced into reconciliation through a staged medical threat.