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  • A Dry Town (1912)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
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A Dry Town (1912)
Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
Will B. Wilde, a traveling salesman, arrives in a temperance town, of course, when he learns that the sale of liquor is prohibited, he immediately craves a drink. The hotel clerk, the bell boy and the porter all inform him that there is ...See moreWill B. Wilde, a traveling salesman, arrives in a temperance town, of course, when he learns that the sale of liquor is prohibited, he immediately craves a drink. The hotel clerk, the bell boy and the porter all inform him that there is nothing doing in the liquor line, but when he is comfortably settled in his room, they each, in turn, bring him a flask; yet, with liquor all around him, he takes a drink of ice water and goes to bed for the night. While he is dreaming of lobster palaces and pretty girls, two second-story workers quietly enter through the window, relieve him of his jewelry, his money, his dress suit case, and take with them, also the collection of flasks with their contents. Wilde discovers his loss early in the morning and immediately reports the theft to the police. While wandering disconsolately around the town, he meets two rough and suspicious-looking characters, who are beautifully intoxicated. Where did they get the liquor is the question that at once comes to him. Surmising the truth, he follows the two to their destination and then promptly notifies the police. The arrests are made, and the local justice, besides holding the men for theft, charges Wilde with having liquor in his possession and paroles him for trial at three o'clock that afternoon. Three o'clock arrives, and so does Wilde, but at the justice's office the evidence has disappeared from the flasks and Wilde is discharged. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Dec 26, 1912
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Dec 26, 1912 (United States)

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7 cast members
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