Moving Picture News (1911) . A BITING BUSINESSAn Imp Comedy of a Real Estate Deal in Which SharksAre Hoist by Their Own Petard. In A Biting Business the Imp Company has selected acomedy plot that is at once familiar—that of crooked dealsin real estate. The picture has a novel and satisfactory finale,quite out of the ordinarj, and a great comedy situation. Anaged bookkeeper, with a large family, dreams of the timewhen he will be able to give his loved ones an outing, awayfrom the congested city and its attendant discomforts. Whilehe is pondering on the matter a sleek real estate dealer ap-proac
Moving Picture News (1911) . A BITING BUSINESSAn Imp Comedy of a Real Estate Deal in Which SharksAre Hoist by Their Own Petard. In A Biting Business the Imp Company has selected acomedy plot that is at once familiar—that of crooked dealsin real estate. The picture has a novel and satisfactory finale,quite out of the ordinarj, and a great comedy situation. Anaged bookkeeper, with a large family, dreams of the timewhen he will be able to give his loved ones an outing, awayfrom the congested city and its attendant discomforts. Whilehe is pondering on the matter a sleek real estate dealer ap-proaches him and dilates at some length on the beauties ofsuburban lots he is selling. The clerk is shown a beautifulplot of land and falls for the bait. He pays an installmentin hand, which is his months salary, and obligates himselfto pay monthly. Hurrying home, he breaks the glad newsto his wife. She does not take to it kindly as the butcher, thebaker and several other tradesmen must be paid, but she ispatient. In due course of time the family take their lunch and jour-ney out to see the lot, which is located in a dismal
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