The Trader Keeps Moving (1924)
1924 · Ephemeral film · 17 min · dir. Robert C. Bruce
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
A man trades his possessions for something better all the time and so proves his rule that "you've got to keep movin' to be a success." First he trades his jack-knife for a wheel-barrow. Then he trades the wheelbarrow for a bicycl...
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert C. Bruce
- Released
- 1924-04-19
- Running time
- 17 minutes
Cast & crew
Robert C. Bruce Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Which one? · Spuzz · 2012-04-20
Silent film about Trading... Now, what kind of trading? I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be some kind of allegorical type of film where the story of a farm hick trading up from a penknifw up to a vehicle in comparison to the stock market. I wonder when this was made, probably before the stock market crash, unless the guy stealing the guy's vehicle is a symbol. I would have chosen a whale. But what do I know.
