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The Prize Employer
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 15 June 1914; in a split-reel with Brown’s Bachelor Supper (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Smith has a maid, Mary Ann, who cares more about tango than work. When she smashes a set of crockery while dancing with Mike, the iceman, In the kitchen, Mrs. Smith “fixes” her. Mary Ann makes preparations to leave, but before she goes, her mistress reads an offer published in the Home Journal, to give the mistress kindest to her servant the sum of $1000. Mrs. Smith’s sentiment toward Mary Ann reverses and she proceeds to treat her servant with extreme kindness. She sends her husband to escort her to places of entertainment. Mrs. Smith “butts” in on the Icemen’s Tango Tea. Mike resents his interference and Smith is fit for the ambulance. Mary Ann realizing Mike’s mistake, bids her job “good-bye,” much to the distress of her too solicitous mistress.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.

 
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