06 February 1917 Comedy 50 mins
Skinner is too timid to ask his boss for a salary increase, but also too timid to tell his wife he has not gotten it. He pretends to have received the raise and buys a new suit as proof. The stylish suit gives him confidence, soon he has been transformed into the dynamic and successful man he had pretended to be.
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Bryant Washburn as William Manning Skinner
Hazel Daly as Honey
Harry Dunkinson as Willard Jackson
Ullrich Haupt as Perkins
Frances Raymond as Mrs. Jackson
James C. Carroll as McLaughlin
Florence Oberle as Mrs. J. Smith Crawford
Marian Skinner as Mrs. McLaughlin
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United States 06 February 1917
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