Thursday, November 22, 2012

Ten Dollars or Ten Days - 1924


Country: United States
Language: English (intertitles)
Director: Del Lord
Writer: John A. Waldron (titles)
Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon and Irene
Release Date: 6 January 1924 (USA)
Production Co: Mack Sennett Comedies
Runtime: USA: 20 min
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Repetition In Title | Number In Title
Genres: Comedy | Short
In part because of a bad night of sleep, a soda clerk at a department store is having a bad day at work, which negatively affects his relationship with a pretty cashier, to who he is attracted, and a ribbon clerk, who is also attracted to the cashier. The next morning, the cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial evidence points to the soda clerk having committed both the $10,000 robbery and the assumed murder of the store's nightwatchman, who is missing. The soda clerk is charged and imprisoned, with the cashier being released. Certain parties come into possession of important evidence both about the robbery and the nightwatchman's disappearance. They need to get this evidence to the proper authorities for justice to be served, which ends up not being the easiest of tasks for anyone involved.  

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