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  • The Con in Economy (1919)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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The Con in Economy (1919)
Short | Comedy, Short
The economy craze which swept the country as a result of national war activities is satirized in this film. The moral of the story is not to economize unless you are quite sure you can afford it. Elise and Arthur, wife and husband, have ...See moreThe economy craze which swept the country as a result of national war activities is satirized in this film. The moral of the story is not to economize unless you are quite sure you can afford it. Elise and Arthur, wife and husband, have novel ideas regarding economy. The wife is a victim of the craze, and, after discharging her maid, she buys all sorts of things because they are cheap, wears abbreviated skirts and loses a fortune in Wall street. When steel goes up, she buys a flock of safety razors to get ahead of the steel magnates. Of course, this sort of economy is expensive, and, when the husband loses his bank roll in a poker game at the club whither he has gone to save money, the climax is reached. Written by Moving Picture World, July 12, 1919 See less
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Director
Jack Eaton
Writer
James Montgomery Flagg (story)
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Updated Jun 29, 1919
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Jun 29, 1919 (United States)

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