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  • An Easy Mark (1912)
  • Short | Drama, Short
An Easy Mark (1912)
Short | Drama, Short
She was rich and a good business woman, but she didn't look it. Her home in the country was comfortably furnished, and she lived there for choice, although property in the city was in her name. One building she owned was a city mansion, ...See moreShe was rich and a good business woman, but she didn't look it. Her home in the country was comfortably furnished, and she lived there for choice, although property in the city was in her name. One building she owned was a city mansion, and the necessity of collecting the rent induced her to take a trip to the metropolis. Crossing a crowded thoroughfare, she became confused, but was rescued by a polite young man, who, finding her rather upset by her experience, volunteered to escort her to her lawyer's office. There he saw a large sum of money paid over to her, and at once grew to like her the more. The fact was that the young man was a crook, and saw a chance to make some easy money. The woman, who had taken a fancy to him, decided to be his "fairy Godmother," intending to test him out, and if he proved worthy to put him in the way of making his fortune. She was feeling most benevolent that day, and could see a popular storybook ending to what promised to be a very ordinary adventure. So she listened while he told her of an excellent and cheap boarding house, went to the place with him, and was well pleased with her reception there. The dishonest young man devoted much time to planning a way to relieve "the easy mark" of her wealth. Some were dangerous, others he regarded as "too coarse." Then Dame Fortune threw a chance in his way and he accepted it gratefully. He found the keys of a stylish mansion, and soon proved to his satisfaction that the owner had gone abroad, and that the place was untenanted. Se he went to the woman from the country and offered her a bargain in real estate, and strangely enough the price was within her means. It was so easy to swindle the rural visitor that as he told his pal, the boarding-house keeper, it was "like taking water from the ocean."' He gave her a deed, accepted her money, and expected to be happy while it lasted. There was one little flaw in his yarn, one fact he had overlooked and it aroused the suspicion of the "easy mark." In the very moment of victory he met defeat, and went to prison, angry at himself, the grieving because dishonesty had cost him the best chance he had ever had to make a fortune. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Lucius Henderson
Cinematographer
Carl Gregory
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Apr 12, 1912 (United States)

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