The Fable of Prince Fortunatus, Who Moved Away from Easy Street, and Silas, the Saver, Who Moved In (1917)
Once upon a time a boy named Claude was born with a plated-ware spoon in his mouth. When he was 21 the family plunder was pushed over to him. About this time an alfalfa product named Silas cast anchor in a two-bit boarding house. When his laundry failed to get back on time he was stuck. Meanwhile Claude was trying to bear up under a smother of one hundred thousand gleaming simoleons. One day Silas was passing Claude's mid-Victorian morgue he called home. Silas gazed with coagulated bitterness and determined to gather in some pesos. Silas became a putter-in while Claude was a taker-out. When Silas was 30 he was only five thou to the good, but he had spikes in his shoes, resin all over his dukes, and knew the ropes. Claude still had seventy thou and was dipping into the tin box every time he needed ready rhino. When Silas was 38 Claude still clung to twenty-five thou. Silas had forty thousand iron men and no longer hated Claude. Shortly after Claude hit the fortieth milestone he had to blow the whistle on the family. Moral: The only safe income is the one that is self-hatched.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Fred E. Wright | Director |
| George Ade | Writer |
| H. Tipton Steck | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Paul Harvey | |
| Ullrich Haupt | |
| Katherine Amos | |
| John Cossar |
