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Wanta Make a Dollar? (1917)
Short | Comedy, Short

Wanta Make a Dollar? (1917)

Short | Comedy, Short

Gale, a suffragette, is addressing a meeting when she catches sight of an advertisement, "Insurance Against Spinsterhood." The terms are five dollars a week until $1,000 has been paid. The meeting breaks up in disorder. Bill, the insurance...See moreGale, a suffragette, is addressing a meeting when she catches sight of an advertisement, "Insurance Against Spinsterhood." The terms are five dollars a week until $1,000 has been paid. The meeting breaks up in disorder. Bill, the insurance broker is in love with his secretary, Lillian. Gale breaks in upon them, and pays her thousand, Bill goes out and offers a dollar to each man he sees, a cripple, a fruit vendor, a blind man, All, however, after one look at Gale refuse to become her husband. Bill is in despair. Gale calls a policeman and says Bill has taken money and failed to provide her with a husband. The policeman says he must live up to the terms of the contract, and he is about to be married to Gale when Lillian rushes in and claims him. All this time a mysterious character has been watching outside the door, continually changing his disguise. He comes in and Gale recognizes Milt, her long lost husband. She demands the money from Bill, but he says that he has provided a man for her after all. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Billy Franey Bill (as William Franey) Bill (as William Franey) See fewer	When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
Gale Henry Gale Gale See fewer	Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Kidnapping the King's Kids (1915)
Milburn Morante Milt (as Milburn Moranti) Milt (as Milburn Moranti) See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Lillian Peacock Lillian Lillian See fewer	Hiram's Inheritance (1915)
John Cook Cripple / Blind Man (as Johnnie Cooke) Cripple / Blind Man (as Johnnie Cooke) See fewer	The Girl from Nowhere (1919)