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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford is a film of genre Comedy directed by Fred Niblo with Enid Bennett
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916)
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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford is a 1916 Australian silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. The film was the first made by the film unit of theatrical firm J.C. Williamson, although it was one of the last to be released. It was Niblo's debut film as a director and is considered a lost film.
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Two swindlers, Blackie Daw (Henry Carson Clarke) and J. Rufus Wallingford (Fred Niblo), arrive in Battlesburg, Iowa, and con the local townsfolk that they are wealthy businessmen. They use the town's money to establish plans for a factory to produce covered carpet tacks and set off a major real estate boom. They are about to leave town with their money when they receive a genuine order for a large supply of tacks. They decide to marry local girls and settle down in Battlesburg.Actors
Enid Bennett
(Fanny)
Fred Niblo
(J. Rufus Wallingford)
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