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It Doesn’t Pay
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: C.E. Griffin (Carlton Griffin) [Tom West], Mary Malatesta [Tom’s sister], Mrs. LaVarnie (Laura La Varnie) [the mother], Charles H. Mailes (Charles Hill Mailes) [the boarder], W.C. Robinson [the bookkeeper]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 5 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Tom West was a ne’er-do-well. While his mother lay ill he took his sister’s last dollar under pretense of looking for work, and gambled it away. Returning home, he met the boarder, an old man who was night watchman at the factory. The watchman had been taken ill soon after going on duty, and the bookkeeper, working late to make up the payroll, had sent him home. While the old man slept Tom stole his key, entered the factory, and was surprised by the bookkeeper. After a struggle he got away with the money and buried it in the cellar. The key he left in the lock, and a piece of his coat, torn off in the struggle, condemned him. and he went to prison. His mother dead, his sister moved away and the old house was shut up. All through his prison term Tom dreamed of the hidden treasure. Released at last, he broke into the deserted house by way of the cellar. Not until then did he realize the futility of crime, for the rats had gnawed the treasure away.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 31 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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