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  • The Financial Scare (1908)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Financial Scare (1908)
Short | Short, Comedy
The "scare" is started by a full-page announcement of a "big bank failure" in one of the yellow journals of the day, and this is brought to the attention of a business man who is working at his desk, sends him home on the run to inform his...See moreThe "scare" is started by a full-page announcement of a "big bank failure" in one of the yellow journals of the day, and this is brought to the attention of a business man who is working at his desk, sends him home on the run to inform his family, all of whom have deposits in one of the big savings banks, of the supposed danger. Very much rattled, the frightened man disturbs the quiet of his home by urging each and all of the depositors, his father, mother, wife, children, cook and hired man to immediately draw their money out of the bank. First placing such money as they have on hand in what they consider secure hiding places, they all start off for the bank on the run, including the cook, who being too fat to make as good time as the other members of the family, is soon left ignominiously in the rear. Arrived at their destination, a genuine family run on the bank takes place to see who will get their money first, but finally all are paid and return home satisfied to dispose of their wealth in some way that they consider safer than the bank from which they have drawn it. In the search for secure hiding places each vies with the other, but the hired man prides himself on his idea and placing his money in a tin can, buries it deep in the ground, while the others each select a hiding place of their own, which, in their opinion, will defy detection. But, unfortunately, the commotion has attracted the attention of an unscrupulous knight of the road, who stealthily follows the party and carefully notes the hiding place in which each has secreted his money. Then, waiting until all have retired, he commences operations by digging up and appropriating the hoard of the luckless hired man, and follows this up by entering the house and uncovering, one by one, the different hiding places and adding what he finds to his already ample roll, swells his ill-gotten gains very considerably. While the burglar is making his haul the old gentleman enters the room, and seeing what he has done, makes a frantic effort to arrest him. The thief proves too strong, and after a desperate struggle succeeds in finally escaping with his plunder, leaving behind him a practical illustration of the old proverb that it is sometimes better to endure the ills we wot of than to fly to others that we know not of. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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William Nicholas Selig
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Updated Jan 25, 1908
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Jan 25, 1908 (United States)

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