The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand

Overview

Once there was an old man called Jonah Crabb, who believed in doing good. Every morning the bunco artists would watch for him on the street corners, and after they had told their hard-luck stories, he would dish out coin to them. When he arrived his office he was almost swamped with panhandlers and bums. Finally he tried his hand at fixing up a lovers' quarrel and put his foot in it. Billy Speedwell, the man in the case, got hold of the old boy and just knocked the spots off him for butting into his affairs. From that time on, Mr. Crabb changed his mind about doing good, and the next morning he cleared all the hobos out of his office. Moral: Cast your bread upon the waters and it will come back to you as sponge cake.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 23, 1914

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0003905