For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.
Charley Chase
Charley
Edna Marion
Edna - Charley's Wife
May Wallace
Charley's Mother-in-Law
William Orlamond
Charley's Father-in-Law
Eugene Pallette
Charley's Brother-in-Law
Clara Guiol
Miss Pipps
Kay Deslys
Mrs. Phipps
Buddy the Dog
The Dog
James Parrott
Director