Bill's Opportunity

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Channel: Eye Filmmuseum · 2014 · Film & Animation

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This film is from the Eye Filmmuseum collection. Many films in this collection contain outdated information or offensive language/images. While this is problematic, we do not wish to erase these films from (film) history. As a film museum, we show films as much as possible in their original form.   

 Director: unknown | Production Country: United States | Year: 1918 | Production Company: Capitol Films | FLM31085 | Film from the collection of Eye (Amsterdam) - www.eyefilm.nl

Bill Zuursnik works as a shop assistant in a department store. His wife wants him to go into the oil business. He convinces his wife that he is doing just that, while in fact he is working in the lingerie department while his boss is away. He does so well in this department that he is promoted. When his wife finds out, she is furious at first, but after the initial shock she is quite happy with his promotion.

Cast: Billie Bennett, William Parsons, Lydia Yeamans


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