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  • Tommy, the Canvasser (1911)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Tommy, the Canvasser (1911)
Short | Short, Comedy
Tommy Quickgab, a bustling young salesman, is out of a job, and passing a bookstore, sees a sign reading, "canvassers wanted." He applies to the proprietor for a job and after producing a recommendation, is given a number of books, for ...See moreTommy Quickgab, a bustling young salesman, is out of a job, and passing a bookstore, sees a sign reading, "canvassers wanted." He applies to the proprietor for a job and after producing a recommendation, is given a number of books, for which the proprietor asks five dollars each, with a commission of one dollar to Tommy for every book he sells. Tommy starts out with a live heart, and presently meets Mr. I. M. Easy, a prosperous-looking businessman, to whom he sells one of the books. He secures Mr. Easy's card in the bargain, having a scheme in mind. In his office Mr. Easy endeavors to read the book and finds that he has been outrageously stung. Later he goes home, and ignoring his wife's questions, repairs to the bathroom to shave. Tommy now calls, Mrs. Easy answers the door, Tommy shows her Easy's card, and tells her Easy has ordered one of the books. Without a question Mrs. Easy pays him five dollars for the book, and Tommy leaves, delighted at the success of his scheme. Mrs. Easy now takes the book to her husband, who, on finding that he has been swindled, dashes out of the house and sends a passing young man in pursuit of the agent, merely telling him to "Bring that agent back quick!" Catching up with Tommy the young fellow explains that Easy wants him, and Tommy, with another rapid-fire idea, persuades the young man that Easy wants a book and has little difficulty in getting the necessary five dollars from him, telling him to collect from Easy. Returning to where Easy stands with his wife, he hands him the book and explains matters. Easy is thrice stung and is forced to cough up another fiver, whereupon he drops into his wife's arms in a faint. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Aug 1, 1911
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