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  • The Man with the Pull (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Man with the Pull (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy
Calino and his sweetheart coo in a lonely wood. Calino walks through the forest looking for an advertisement for bank presidents wanted. He is caught by horrid brigands, shut up in a tower and held for ransom. He writes to his father, ...See moreCalino and his sweetheart coo in a lonely wood. Calino walks through the forest looking for an advertisement for bank presidents wanted. He is caught by horrid brigands, shut up in a tower and held for ransom. He writes to his father, asking that the latter send him $1.69 and a union suit, otherwise he, Calino, will die in captivity. The father replies, saying that he is just out of ransom money, that "art is long and I am short" and advises Calino to give an imitation of a man escaping from jail. Calino, much incarcerated, wishes that he was a musician so that he could run through the bars. He decides to hide in a mattress and hits the hay most effectively, keeping tabs on the time by the ticking of the mattress. Feigning death by suicide, he almost catches cold in his tongue when he is doused with water. To relieve his loneliness, a snake pays him a visit. Calino shows that he has more pull than an Alderman, the snake finally arriving, by the stretching process to the length of a rope. Calino descends upon the improvised rope. He returns to where he had left his sweetheart four years ago and finds that she is still waiting for him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Jean Durand
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Updated Dec 26, 1912
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Dec 26, 1912 (United States)

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