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A Safe Investment

1915 · 14 min Comedy
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

A husband scolds his wife for not being able to manage her finances better. Unbeknown to her, he's getting rich from a crooked stock scam he's started, and is making so much money that he brings it home by the basketful. Unbeknown to him, his wife, determined to prove that she's more capable than he thinks she is, takes the money and decides to invest it--in a new stock opportunity she's heard about.

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Year 1915
Genre Comedy
Director Sidney Drew
Runtime 14 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The short film constructs a classic farce from spousal financial ignorance, contrasting the husband's performative sternness with the wife's determined initiative. It relies on a chain of comedic coincidences and the ironic symmetry of their separate schemes.

What lingers after the final reveal is a light satire on domestic relations and get-rich-quick schemes, where deception yields unexpected dividends. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sidney Drew

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