The Price of the Free

1913

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Three swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused o... Read allThree swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused over the hobo, and the waiter beckons him to come in. They give a toast: "It must be great ... Read allThree swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused over the hobo, and the waiter beckons him to come in. They give a toast: "It must be great to be a tramp and enjoy the life of the free." The tramp strangely enough fails to see the... Read all

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Thomas Carrigan

Joe Jones - the Hobo

Jack Nelson

Harry

Adrienne Kroell

Nellie Winston

Director
- Hardee Kirkland
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- Frederick Eugene Lindsey
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deickemeyer

Too much footage was devoted to the scene showing the death of the wife

The picture will not make good entertainment, unless, perhaps, we expect morbid total abstainers. Too much footage was devoted to the scene showing the death of the wife, and that of the baby, too; it was necessary only to indicate the fact. Furthermore, it is not in reason to believe that three men, successful in business and apparently happy, should quit drinking because a weak man, after experiencing sorrow, becomes a bum. When the thread of a story is outlined by poetry instead of the usual subtitles it is well that the poetry should be of an exceptional quality, stuff that has stood the test. Given the script, there is no complaint against the producer of the picture or against the actors. - The Moving Picture World, September 13, 1913