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A Matter of Business

  • 19121912
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A Matter of Business (1912)
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Broker Charles Erskine hands his wife a life-insurance policy. A year later a financial panic wipes out Erskine's money and brings him down with a lingering illness. The doctor tells Mrs. Er... Read allBroker Charles Erskine hands his wife a life-insurance policy. A year later a financial panic wipes out Erskine's money and brings him down with a lingering illness. The doctor tells Mrs. Erskine that her husband must go South. The wife goes into Erskine's room where despite her ... Read allBroker Charles Erskine hands his wife a life-insurance policy. A year later a financial panic wipes out Erskine's money and brings him down with a lingering illness. The doctor tells Mrs. Erskine that her husband must go South. The wife goes into Erskine's room where despite her attempt at concealment he draws from her the doctor's verdict. Their son Raymond goes to t... Read all
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    • Arthur V. Johnson
    • Lottie Briscoe
    • Raymond Hackett
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    • Arthur V. Johnson
    • Lottie Briscoe
    • Raymond Hackett
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    Arthur V. Johnson
    Arthur V. Johnson
    • Charles Erskine - The Sick Father
    Lottie Briscoe
    Lottie Briscoe
    • Charles Erskine's Wife
    Raymond Hackett
    Raymond Hackett
    • Raymond - Charles Erskine's Son
    Charles Brandt
    Charles Brandt
    • President of the Insurance Company
    Howard M. Mitchell
    Howard M. Mitchell
    • The Doctor
    Jennie Nelson
    Jennie Nelson
    Florence Hackett
    Florence Hackett
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    The lad's acting is also very pleasing as is that of the whole cast
    A very pleasing picture whose center of interest lies in a lad of ten or thereabouts who gets a new idea and helps his father who is sick and must go to the South or die. He held a life insurance policy. The lad went to the president of the insurance company and said, "We want the money now, before papa dies, so that he can get well." Mr. Arthur Johnson plays the sick father. The lad's acting is also very pleasing as is that of the whole cast. The picture pleased the audience very much. It is well pictured. Some of the outdoor snow scenes are very pretty. It is a fair feature picture. - The Moving Picture World, March 9, 1912
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      • February 26, 1912 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Lubin Manufacturing Company
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