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  • The Coat That Came Back (1913)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Coat That Came Back (1913)
Short | Short, Comedy
Uncle John sews ten one-thousand-dollar bills inside the lining of his frock coat for safe keeping. Suddenly stricken and about to die, he hastily writes a will and leaves the coat to his nephew, John Clark. Clark receives the coat, butt ...See moreUncle John sews ten one-thousand-dollar bills inside the lining of his frock coat for safe keeping. Suddenly stricken and about to die, he hastily writes a will and leaves the coat to his nephew, John Clark. Clark receives the coat, butt is unaware of the money it contains. He expected a fortune, and in his disappointment and resentment at receiving only a coat, he attempts to destroy it. His wife rescues it and pleads with him to keep it, but he won't, and orders her to get rid of it. She gives it away, first to the milkman, and then to a hobo, but in each instance it comes back; the milkman leaves it hanging on the fence, and the hobo returns it because its stylish appearance gets him into trouble with the police. Mrs. Clark hangs it on the clothesline in the yard. A sneak thief runs off with it, but an artist who is passing gives chase and rescues it. He brings it back to the house and returns it to Clark. Clark won't take it, and compels the artist to keep it The artist, in need of money, sells it to a second-hand dealer. Clark, in need of a frock coat to attend a wedding, buys Uncle John's coat from the second-hand clothier, but does not discover its identity until he gets home with it. He resells it to the clothier. The clothier sells it to a preacher. The preacher, carrying it home done up in a paper bundle, leaves it on a bench in the park. Some boys find the bundle, and using it as a football, kick it about the streets. In their fun it lands in Clark's front yard. Clark picks it up, carries it into the house and discovers it is Uncle John's coat. Angered at the persistence with which the coat comes back to him, he starts to rip it to pieces, and in so doing discovers the money in the lining, and thus finally comes into possession of his fortune. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jul 30, 1913
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Jul 30, 1913 (United States)

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