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  • Strictly Business (1913)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Strictly Business (1913)
Short | Short, Comedy
Chester Barnett is in love with Pearl White. Pearl's father will not consent to their marriage unless Chester can show that he has $5,000 in the bank. Pearl's father gives her $200 as a birthday present. She gets an idea from a book she ...See moreChester Barnett is in love with Pearl White. Pearl's father will not consent to their marriage unless Chester can show that he has $5,000 in the bank. Pearl's father gives her $200 as a birthday present. She gets an idea from a book she reads, and she and Chester hatch a scheme. Pearl gives Chester the $200 and he buys some land from her father to that amount. She then has a friend of hers write a letter to Barnett on the letter-head of a pottery concern offering to buy all the clay he can sell. Mr. White sees Chester carting away some clay from this lot, and cannot understand it until Chester calls at his office and purposely drops this decoy letter. Father then entreats Chester to sell the land back to him, which Chester finally does for $5,200. Father immediately writes a letter to the Pottery Company, offering to sell them clay, and is dismayed when they reply that they have all that they need. He goes home and to his surprise finds Chester and Pearl in each other's arms. He protests until Chester shows him his bankbook with the $5,200 deposit, and father, remembering his promise, gives his consent to the marriage of the clever pair. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley
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Updated Feb 16, 1913
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Feb 16, 1913 (United States)

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