The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

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Ernest Coppie, an author, was trying to grind out something that could be sold for enough coin to buy himself a good square meal. He dashed off some sentimental guff called, "When Willie Came to Say Good-Night," and it was punk. He threw it in the wastebasket but when his friend came in he discovered it and set out to sell it. He finally found a magazine editor who gave him a check for $500, and it was like picking money off a bush. The author, who was an old bachelor and a kid hater, was tickled to death to get the dough, but when letters came in congratulating him on his excellent poem and sympathizing with him, he was bored to death.

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Status

Released

Release date

October 14, 1914

Original language

English

Spoken languages

NO LANGUAGE

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0003908