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Speculation

Speculation

1911Short
ShortDrama

Some unprincipled promoters go to a small rural village and incite interest in a questionable company they have formed. The innocent villagers invest heavily and the two decide to leave after an attempt to get a large sum of money...

Director
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Writers
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Stars
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Release Date
August 1, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Powers Picture Plays

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Picturing human situations, recognizable as possibilities
by deickemeyer2016-03-27

""Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," not the play, but the book, furnished, with little doubt, the idea set forth in this picture; but a clever scenario writer evidently prepared it for being produced. It is not the kind of comedy that makes audiences laugh from beginning to end, but one that keeps them amused by picturing human situations, recognizable as possibilities. Sitting behind this reviewer were two middle-aged men, business men apparently, but they chuckled heartily at the scene where the sharpers come back to town and find that the great scheme they really thought worthless had p..."

📖 Synopsis

Some unprincipled promoters go to a small rural village and incite interest in a questionable company they have formed. The innocent villagers invest heavily and the two decide to leave after an attempt to get a large sum of money...