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The Reward of Thrift (1914)

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The Reward of Thrift (1914)
 Sponsor: American Bankers’ Association. Production Co.: Unknown. Transfer Note: Scanned at 24 frames per second from a 35mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 8 minutes (incomplete, reel 3 of 3).

Film urging the public to save money for major purchases. An ironworker learns that by building up a nest egg in a savings bank, he can eventually buy a comfortable house.

Resources
“Pictures Tell Thrift Story,” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 16, 1914, II, 7; Steven J. Ross, Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998.), 83.