Film · Paramount · 1914
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Brewster's Millions
45Watch it awake.
The laugh is Abeles spending a fortune until he has nothing left to show.
The review
Edward Abeles inherits a fortune only if he can spend a smaller one first and have nothing to show for it. The money is the joke. Spending it cleanly turns out to be the hard work. Kids can stay in the room. This is the 1914 comedy from the play, not a later version with somebody else's face.
I wouldn't call it thrift. You are invited to enjoy a pile leaving. The condition is still strict: if he has anything to show, the larger fortune is gone. That pinch is the part worth a tired parent's time. Cheer the spree and you missed the rule. It was a popular comedy. Popular isn't the same as careful with money.
Journal
Keep Brewster's Millions in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 45. Yours can differ.
The glance
Household and Republic and Temperance and Stewardship are the thin ones.
Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Ice Age
58 instead of 45
Ice Age is still a comedy film, and it scores 58 instead of 45. What you gain is household: The plot is a baby being carried back to a parent by creatures who did not have to.
The eight
- 7Industry
Spending the smaller fortune cleanly, with nothing to show, is the work.
- 3Household
The money arrives as an inheritance, with no marriage or child named.
- 5Piety
The will's rule can stop him from keeping anything he spends.
- 6Courage
He risks the larger fortune if the smaller one leaves him a trace.
- 2Republic
A private will sets the terms; no town or public law is the stake.
- 3Temperance
The money is the joke, and the fun is watching a fortune go.
- 7Truth
He must spend it cleanly and truly have nothing left to show.
- 3Stewardship
The first pile is meant to vanish so a larger fortune can arrive.
Where to watch
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