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6/10
The Price Of work
boblipton17 November 2021
William Duncan is a high-living college student. Through the usual progression of events in a comedy, he has a cop after him, and takes refuge in a house where he is mistaken for the new butler. The cop canoodles with the cook, so Duncan can't escape, and when his father and his sister (Corinne Griffith) show up for dinner, he tries to serve them without showing his face.

It's certainly a pleasant little situation comedy, and Duncan shows facility with his near-pratfalls. This being Vitagraph before Semon came in, there's more of an effort at plot and story than is really necessary, but the performances keep this moving along.
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3/10
Typical of its Era ...
leifhelland3 November 2023
I ran across this little Vitagraph comedy from 1916 on YouTube and thought it would be interesting to check out an early Corinne Griffith film. Unfortunately, the available print was washed out or too dark in places to really get a clear look at it and Miss Griffith was very much a supporting player and not given much to do. What little you could see of her showed a pretty girl, but whatever star wattage she displayed in the 20s wasn't evident yet.

The film rather reminded me of a mediocre episode of a middle-of-the-road sitcom from the 70s or 80s. Some quick comic action, a little pointless suspense and fast wrap-up. I wonder if it was cut down from its original length as it felt it needed an additional scene or two to flesh it out.
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