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  • The Food Chopper War (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
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The Food Chopper War (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two old country merchants, proprietors of the only two general stores in an old fashioned village, have been lifelong business enemies each hating the other with a vengeance. One has a son, the other a daughter. The young people help their...See moreTwo old country merchants, proprietors of the only two general stores in an old fashioned village, have been lifelong business enemies each hating the other with a vengeance. One has a son, the other a daughter. The young people help their fathers and are secretly in love with each other. Eventually the fathers learn of the secret love of their children, and each one raises a parental uproar, forbidding his child to even see his enemy's "brat," The young people make their plans regardless of their elder's wrath, and begin to save money, with which to marry and start up a store in opposition to those of their parents. A traveling man comes to town and sells a supply of patent food choppers to each of the rival stores. A price cutting war results from the popularity of the chopper and, by the time that the young people have been united in marriage and have started a store of their own, the rivals are each selling the food choppers at a loss of from 20c to 25c. The young people secretly buy up all the choppers from each store at a price away below cost. When the old fellows awaken to the fact that they are both out of "choppers," and cannot secure additional ones from the factory inside of six months, they also awaken to the successful ruse of their children. A truce is declared, bygones forgotten, and the enemies life-long battle happily ended. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Lorimer Johnston (as Lorimer Johnson)
Writer
Arthur Preston Hankins (story)
Producer
William Nicholas Selig
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Mar 27, 1913 (United States)

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