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  • The Ghost of a Bargain (1912)
  • Short | 9 min | Short, Drama
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The Ghost of a Bargain (1912)
Short | 9 min | Short, Drama
They wanted a house. They called upon a real estate dealer. They discussed the price. That started the trouble. The real estate dealer and his wife wanted him to pay three thousand dollars. He wanted to pay two thousand. The real estate ...See moreThey wanted a house. They called upon a real estate dealer. They discussed the price. That started the trouble. The real estate dealer and his wife wanted him to pay three thousand dollars. He wanted to pay two thousand. The real estate dealer very politely refused to sell the house for the sum in question, and the woman very impolitely told him what she thought of a piker. He stubbornly insisted that he would buy that house for two thousand dollars. To all his repeated offers no reply was given, and when he called himself he was told the the house had been sold for three thousand dollars. Then he got an idea. He investigated, and learned that the house had been sold to an aged couple. So he invested in a long chain, stole into the house that night, and began the ghost act. He would blow a horn and rattle the chain and the aged couple would imagine the rest. One night of that was enough and the new purchasers rushed down to the real estate office the next morning, and flatly destroyed the contract. But again his offer of two thousand dollars was rejected, and the house was disposed of to a newly married couple. To start housekeeping in the vicinity of a ghost is not a particularly encouraging situation, and the couple participated in a heated discussion with the agent, the result of which was that the house forthwith became vacant. Then the agent became suspicious. He planted a trap in the house, announced it was to be occupied, and altogether with another, both armed with guns, they awaited the coming of the ghost. And he did. He fell into the trap in a double sense, and was soon limping down the moonlit road, with both pursuers close behind. An officer joined the pursuit, and soon the ghost's wife was appalled to see the white-clad figure burst into the house, fallowed by the real estate agent, his friend and the officer. There was only one way out of it; he had to buy the house, for three thousand dollars. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Stanner E.V. Taylor
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Sep 8, 1912 (United States)

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