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The Price of the Free

The Price of the Free

1913Short
ShortDrama

Three swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused over the hobo, and the waiter beckons him...

Director
Hardee Kirkland
Writers
N/A
Stars
Thomas Carrigan, Jack Nelson, Adrienne Kroell
Release Date
August 29, 1913
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Thomas Carrigan
Thomas Carrigan
as Joe Jones - the Hobo
Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson
as Harry
Adrienne Kroell
Adrienne Kroell
as Nellie Winston

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Selig Polyscope Company

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Too much footage was devoted to the scene showing the death of the wife
by deickemeyer2017-11-08

"The picture will not make good entertainment, unless, perhaps, we expect morbid total abstainers. Too much footage was devoted to the scene showing the death of the wife, and that of the baby, too; it was necessary only to indicate the fact. Furthermore, it is not in reason to believe that three men, successful in business and apparently happy, should quit drinking because a weak man, after experiencing sorrow, becomes a bum. When the thread of a story is outlined by poetry instead of the usual subtitles it is well that the poetry should be of an exceptional quality, stuff that has stood the t..."

📖 Synopsis

Three swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused over the hobo, and the waiter beckons him...