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  • The Man Who Made Good (II) (1917)
  • 50 min | Comedy, Drama
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The Man Who Made Good (II) (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama

Tom Burton, a clerk in the Whitney wholesale grocery firm, is unable to advance beyond his lowly position. In the boardinghouse in which he resides, there lives Frances Clayton and Flash Lewis, also in Whitney's employ but a great talker ...See moreTom Burton, a clerk in the Whitney wholesale grocery firm, is unable to advance beyond his lowly position. In the boardinghouse in which he resides, there lives Frances Clayton and Flash Lewis, also in Whitney's employ but a great talker and salesman whom Tom envies. Tom and Frances fall in love and marry but Frances, realizing Tom's lack of ambition, decides to leave him and take a job of her own. Unable to get a raise, Tom quits and one day, while in a small country town, he enters a general store and discovers the products of his former company languishing on the shelves. Hitting upon the idea of a "taste and buy" campaign to sell the products, Tom undertakes a whirlwind campaign which nets the company many orders. Josiah Whitney, the head of the firm, is so impressed that he offers Tom Flash Lewis' job and thus having made good, Tom is reunited with Frances. See less
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Director
Writer
Robert Shirley (story)
Cinematographer
Roy F. Overbaugh (as Roy Overbaugh)
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Updated May 13, 1917

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May 13, 1917 (United States)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Jack Devereaux
Tom Burton Tom Burton   See fewer
Winifred Allen
Frances Clayton Frances Clayton   See fewer
Henry Dixon
Flash Lewis (as Henry P. Dixon) Flash Lewis (as Henry P. Dixon)   See fewer
Barney Gilmore
Josiah Whitney Josiah Whitney   See fewer
Albert Tavernier
Pop Clark Pop Clark   See fewer
Blanche Davenport
Mom Clark Mom Clark   See fewer
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