The 'Pay-As-You-Enter' Man (1913) watch online HD

Here are two reels containing a finish in the true holiday spirit. If in this Thanksgiving story there are times when it does seem as if the action is slow, or might have been improved had there been less footage, the ending atones. The story is of a young man of family, living more than a score of miles from his employment in a department store, plugging along on $20 a week and buying a house. His wife informs him they cannot afford a turkey for the holiday; there are too many payments to meet. Very well, the ultimatum serves until the husband is started home on Thanksgiving Day eve. He meets a friend who has just won a turkey in a raffle and he falls. He wins a live bird just as the police raid the lottery; he is locked up. His employer, whom he has never seen, is located and comes to the jail to find out who is in trouble. He goes on the bond of the young man; he gives him a bunch of violets to take home to his wife; he gives him money to buy a present for the "kiddies," and, best of all, he tells him that on Friday morning he will take up the subject of more salary. It is a human story, a story that will appeal to the millions, and it is well acted. Two of the children, however, detract by their large interest in the camera. E.H. Caldren, as the employer, is "great." Richard Travers, as the commuter, does fine work; Irene Warfield, the wife, also interests much by her portrayal of the woman always figuring how to make both ends meet. But why interject the abominable "sissy"' in the store, such stuff is not comedy. - The Moving Picture World, December 20, 1913