The Cop and the Anthem (1917)
"Soapy," a bum, is seeking winter quarters. From his chilly seat on a park bench he plots to be sent to the workhouse for six months. To effect this it is necessary for him to commit a misdemeanor and be arrested. So he fares forth to turn a trick that will procure him Tris desired refuge. He enters a cheap restaurant, eats a meal without paying, and is staggered to find that he is thwarted by the milk of human kindness. In the same way he begs, takes a free taxi ride, hurls a stone through a window, raises a disturbance on the street, dines at Delmonico's without a cent in his pockets, all to no effect. No one wants to be hard upon him. The thing is ludicrous, but fast becoming for "Soapy" a tragedy. Finally he stops to listen to an anthem being sung in a church, when he is taken away to prison by a cop who has decided that he is standing there for no good purpose.
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GenresComedy
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Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Thomas R. Mills | Director |
| O. Henry | Writer |
| Edward J. Montagne | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Thomas R. Mills |
