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Summary from The Moving Picture World · 9 July 1910
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2 reviews · 1 advertisement“The laughable story of a young man who sought to make his stationery business grow. It didn’t grow, but some of his attempts to make it grow are inexpressively funny.”
“This ‘comic’ is not up to the usual Thanhouser standard. In fact, it is rather silly all through, the only laughs being brought about by blows, falls, and smashing furniture. The principal character comes down to the camera and indicates the things he intends doing all through the picture, robbing it of every element of reality. He has a small …
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“This ‘comic’ is not up to the usual Thanhouser standard. In fact, it is rather silly all through, the only laughs being brought about by blows, falls, and smashing furniture. The principal character comes down to the camera and indicates the things he intends doing all through the picture, robbing it of every element of reality. He has a small store and adopts various schemes to boom business, such as giving health treatment with a magnetic battery, teaching boxing, and so on. Everything turns out badly and ends in general confusion.”
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9 July 1910The Moving Picture World1 min
“Jack is an industrious young businessman, who has invested in a small stock of stationery, and set up shop. He unfortunately has no customers, and his various schemes to bring trade prove extremely unlucky but mighty laughable. What they are we had better let the little picture tell.”
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From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1910 →
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Booming Business”. thanhouser.org/films/booming-business/
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