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  • Mother's Bankroll (1912)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Mother's Bankroll (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short
Mrs. Tompkins decides to invest in a new piano, trading her old upright. The day the trade is to be consummated, she draws her money from the bank and fearing to carry it with her on a short neighborly visit, she decides to hide it in the ...See moreMrs. Tompkins decides to invest in a new piano, trading her old upright. The day the trade is to be consummated, she draws her money from the bank and fearing to carry it with her on a short neighborly visit, she decides to hide it in the house. Several places suggest themselves, but she makes the kitchen stove her temporary vault. Papa Tompkins has been using some oiled rags. Taking them to the kitchen he opens the stove and finds the roll. He imagines who had hidden it there and feels that he can find a much safer place. He does, in his daughter's room, in one of her dresser drawers. Daughter Agnes has received a present by mail that morning. Wishing to show it to her beau, she runs up to her room, opens the drawer, and under the little box finds the bank roll. Rather at a loss to account for its presence there, she imagines that it is mother's "Poor place." Says she, "I will find a really safe place for it." She does, in brother Billy's room, in a hat on the closet shelf. Son Billy breaks his hat, remembering that he has a "holdover" that is fairly good, he repairs to his room for it. He finds the roll, imagines the owner, and decides to place it where it will be perfectly safe, the piano in the parlor. The piano company sends for the old piano. Agnes allows the men to take it, then leaves with her beau for a soda. Bridget, the hired girl, returns. Although it is her day off, she builds a fire and Mrs. T. returns to find her depository a blazing furnace. The father arrives, reassures her, money gone, Agnes happens in. She reassures them both, nothing doing, Billy found on the lawn, laughs at their foolish fears, he shows them where it is not, then comes the race after the piano, the frantic unwrapping of same when found and the final restoration of mother's bankroll to her, to the surprise of the piano movers. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 21, 1912
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Nov 21, 1912 (United States)

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