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"$20.20."
The Pierce-Fromme Co. offer a comedy sketchlet away from the dramatic pathway which so many of the films and pop acts unfold of late. In a rooming house where there is greater evidence of adversity than anything else is a woman of the old-fashioned type who has a girl she calls her own but who has been adopted from an orphans' home. At the boarding house is a young artist. Mildred loves Eric and Eric loves Mildred. Mrs. Pennypacker is a crusty, crabbed sort who says the artist owes her $20.20 and she's going to get it without any further stalling. Mildred takes a gold framed picture belong to her "mother" and pawns it for $25. This she gives to Erico to cover the debt. But Mrs. Pennypacker smells a mouse and the truth comes out. It transpires Eric Brandt's last name is Casey and he is the song of Mr.s Pennypacker's sister, Margaret. Then there's a happy understanding as Mrs. Pennypacker orders Sally to fry three more eggs and give Eric a regular spread. Some of the dialog is most amusing. At Harlem the biggest laugh came when Eric asked if he could take off his coat and Mrs. Pennypacker sharply replied she didn't care what he took off. Fairly well acted, the role of the mother being splendidly portrayed, the sketch is almost certain for pop time.
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Variety, 40:3 (09/17/1915)