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  • Mutt and Jeff and the Newsboys (1911)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
Mutt and Jeff and the Newsboys (1911)
Short | Short, Comedy
What is the use of having a bunch of real money if one cannot invest it and make the pile rise? Mutt and Jeff take their fortune, ten dollars, and buy stocks; their gambling spirit comes to the surface, and they madly plunge into the abyss...See moreWhat is the use of having a bunch of real money if one cannot invest it and make the pile rise? Mutt and Jeff take their fortune, ten dollars, and buy stocks; their gambling spirit comes to the surface, and they madly plunge into the abyss of speculation. The market rises, and the ten spot soon earns two hundred dollars. Jeff, who is not such a sport, is eager to stop right here; two hundred plunks look good to the little fellow. Mutt, however, is not so easily satisfied; his Oliver Twistian trait makes him holler for more. So it happens that more stocks are bought; but Dame Fortune is fickle, and but one solitary dollar remains to be divided between the luckless twain. Jeff, furiously angry at Mutt, severs partnership and goes his own way alone. Mutt, crushed by the loss of his chum, meanders away in the opposite direction. From a big newsboy Jeff receives the gladsome information that little fellows coin money at selling papers. Jeff enters this promising field, and ere long becomes the owner of a busy news-stand. Meanwhile Mutt encounters a small newsie who is so prosperous as to be able to make an occasional present of his wares. Mutt takes a free paper; he also takes a cue; and, in knickers, we soon see him with a bundle of papers shouting "Extra! Extra!" His efforts, however, are not crowned with success, and later he is obliged to take a job peddling papers for Mr. Jeff. Things go fairly well with the big fellow, until he attempts to buy a drink at one of the corner emporiums. Being a boy, they refuse to serve him; he remonstrates, and a crowd gathers. A truant officer saunters upon the scene and pinches Mutt. When Jeff hears of the sad predicament in which his elongated companion finds himself, he promptly decides to take care of him. He goes to court to reclaim his "son," and after a series of highly complicated scenes, the climax is reached amid an uproar of laughter. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
Bud Fisher (comic strip)
Producer
David Horsley
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Updated Sep 16, 1911
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Sep 16, 1911 (United States)

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