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The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

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The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

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1914

Synopsis

Ernest Coppie, an author, was trying to grind out something that could be sold for enough coin to buy himself a good square meal. He dashed off some sentimental guff called, "When Willie Came to Say Good-Night," and it was punk. He threw it in the wastebasket but when his friend came in he discovered it and set out to sell it. He finally found a magazine editor who gave him a check for $500, and it was like picking money off a bush. The author, who was an old bachelor and a kid hater, was tickled to death to get the dough, but when letters came in congratulating him on his excellent poem and sympathizing with him, he was bored to death.

Comedy

Cast & Crew

Lester Cuneo

Lester Cuneo

as Ernest Coppie

Harry Dunkinson

Harry Dunkinson

as His Friend

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