Buy Your Own Cherries (1904)

1904 · Silent film · 4 min · dir. Robert W. Paul

• Drama

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Synopsis

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay. He then storms penniless and without provisions into his ill-furnished house where his wife and two children, ill-clad and ill-fed, cower. Is there any hope for him and for his family? If he does realize how low he's sunk, what help is there to lift him up? Will…

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Details

Director

Robert W. Paul

Studio

Robert W. Paul

Released

1904-06-21

Running time

4 minutes

Cast & crew

• RRobert W. Paul Director

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