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  • Nature Incorporated (1916)
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Nature Incorporated (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
Billy Packard is a successful real estate dealer, and to his office comes Professor Tonson, who is desirous of getting a suitable location to establish a colony where he intends to work out his theories of restoring health. The professor's...See moreBilly Packard is a successful real estate dealer, and to his office comes Professor Tonson, who is desirous of getting a suitable location to establish a colony where he intends to work out his theories of restoring health. The professor's discovery is not of the nutriment of the peanut. Billy tells the professor of a site near the ocean, and after luncheon the two repair to seaside to look over the location. The professor is satisfied, and he establishes his colony. Beulah, his daughter, is a great help to him. The patients are dressed uniformly, the chief article of apparel being a sack-shaped outer garment. The diet consists mainly of beans and peanuts. In addition to the diet and fresh air, the patients are frequently treated to an open-air lecture by the professor. One day Billy goes to pay the professor a visit. He meets Beulah and the two see much in each other to admire. After a dip in the surf, Billy proposes, but the girl tells him that it is too sudden, and that if he would be accepted he must settle down in the colony. Billy cannot live on beans and peanuts, so he returns home. But thoughts of the girl persist in coming to his mind. He finally decides that she is worth the sacrifice. He hurries to her and is elected a regular member of the colony. After the marriage, the new convert is made guardian of the beans. For three or four days Billy consumes the colony diet, but at last it becomes too much for him. One day he is about to give up and return to the city, when he discovers a box of cigarettes and some matches. The soothing tobacco causes him to forget some of the drawbacks of his position and he decides to make another attempt. Each morning the colony takes a bath in the ocean before sunrise. When the day is clear it is not so bad, but one foggy morning Billy tries to avoid the ordeal. He is finally made to obey the rules by Beulah. After a cold plunge and the meager meal of beans which follows, Billy loses all control of himself, and that afternoon things come to a climax. The professor often interests his pupils with a revelation of things which are to come, and Billy tells the professor that he is going to have a revelation. It is that Beulah and he, Billy, must return to the city, and he mentions that said revelation would be worth five hundred dollars to him. The next morning, during the lecture, the revelation is announced. Beulah is much surprised, but never hesitates to believe what her father says, and the two arrange to go to the city. Billy tries to sample every bill-of-fare in town, and absolutely refuses to have beans anywhere near him. It is Beulah's first trip to the city and she is in a continual state of happiness. Billy finally tells Beulah of his scheme to get back to the city and have a real meal. It is a great surprise to Beulah, but Billy manages to comfort her and tells her that they will go back to the colony. The deserters return and Billy now has an understanding with the professor that as long as he can keep the other patients from seeing him, he can indulge in anything he likes. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Bennett Cohen (scenario) (as Bennett R. Cohen) | Sinclair Lewis (story)
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Pat Powers
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Updated Jul 11, 1916
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Jul 11, 1916 (United States)

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