(The Reward of Thrift)

Content: Ironworker Ned is putting money aside for a rainy day unlike his two sandhog co-workers Bill and Grogan who spend most of their money at the saloon. One day on the job Ned is saved from severe injury by Bill and Grogan tries to convince him to take advantage of Ned’s gratitude to extort some money. Later Ned and Grogan get into an argument and Grogan sworn to revenge attempts to get Bill to drown Ned, but the plan goes awry. Bill and Ned reconcile, eventually becoming business partners, Grogan goes to jail.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

20 minutes

Year:

1914

Directors:

Tefft Johnson

Production companies:

Vitagraph Company of America

Actors:

Ned Carney

Nell Carney

Bill Lafferty

Red Grogan

Little Fay Carney

Crews:

Director

Director

Screenplay