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  • The Laziest Man (1914)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Laziest Man (1914)
Short | Short, Comedy
In a little western town there lived a man who was called "It." He was so lazy that he would not feed himself, and the miners' wives and daughters took it upon themselves to look after him. Finally a crisis arrived when the men were ...See moreIn a little western town there lived a man who was called "It." He was so lazy that he would not feed himself, and the miners' wives and daughters took it upon themselves to look after him. Finally a crisis arrived when the men were neglected to such an extent that when they arrived home from work in the mines they were unable to get anything to eat, so they held a meeting of ways and means of getting rid of the thing which took all the time of their better-halves and they decided to bury "It." They build a box and go to the home of "It" and took "It" from its pedestal upon which the women had placed it. They place "It" in a box and start on their journey to a hole in the ground. En route they meet a farmer with a load of corn who is inquisitive. The miners tell him the man is lazy and that he is breaking up their homes. The generous farmer offers to give him his load of corn as a starter. The lazy man gradually raises his head from the box and asks if the corn is shelled. On told that it is not, he tells the boys to go on; he prefers to be buried. They take him on, put him in the grave and start covering him up. The wives, in the meantime, have secured the assistance of the constable, and they, themselves, come upon the ground at the psychological moment and save the thing inanimate from its long last slumber, much to the disgust of the husbandmen. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Mar 17, 1914
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Mar 17, 1914 (United States)

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