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  • Who Gets the Order (1911)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Who Gets the Order (1911)
Short | Short, Comedy
A wholesale customer, who is in the market for a large order of goods, writes identical notes to the two concerns who have hidden for it, promising his order, as the prices and quality are the same, to whichever representative reaches him ...See moreA wholesale customer, who is in the market for a large order of goods, writes identical notes to the two concerns who have hidden for it, promising his order, as the prices and quality are the same, to whichever representative reaches him first. Blinks and Jinks, the two salesmen, both resourceful "knights of the grip" and both confident of success, leave their respective offices and meet at the railroad depot, where they discover that their missions are identical. They then and there begin a contest of wits to win the coveted prize. Blinks, having purchased his ticket first, is awaiting his competitor in order that he may keep an eye on him. His ticket, held carelessly in his hand, is stolen from him by a pickpocket, whom he chases, but of no avail. Realizing that he might miss his train, he rushes madly back just in time to catch the train as it is pulling out. Not wishing to pay his fare twice, he slips into the seat with Jinks and while the latter's attention is momentarily distracted, slyly helps himself to the train check in his competitor's hat. The conductor, taking up tickets the second time and seeing Jinks without a check, begins an argument which results in the latter's ejection from the coach and a rude boost from the platform. Blinks, exultant in his apparent victory, continues on his journey until the engine is incapacitated and he is forced to walk, to his deep disgust and the intense amusement of his fellow passengers. While walking he encounters a tall, ungainly looking tramp, who relieves him of his hat and coat. Despondently he walks the track and upon reaching a crossing, sees, to his chagrin, his competitor madly riding by on a bicycle which he had inveigled a country lass into lending to him. In the course of events Blinks tricks a man in an automobile to take him to town; Jinks, who meanwhile has met with an accident on his bicycle, works upon the sympathies of a wagon driver, and after a series of complicated situations they reach the customer almost at the same moment. The customer is nonplussed for the moment but finally divides his order, giving each one half, which results in a happy termination of their desperate struggles, and they all go out to have a drink together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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J. Searle Dawley
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Updated Mar 22, 1911
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Mar 22, 1911 (United States)

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