《His Bread and Butter (Short 1916)》Storyline
" When he pressed further, she said that as ""her boy,"" she had raised him from his youth, and admitted that she was taking nursing classes to raise funds to send Peter to college.But when you""re buying for 100 stores, you get it for less, so you sell it for 17 cents....When you put on one prologue, it""s too expensive.But when the same prologue plays 25, 50, 100 houses, it doesn""t cost a cent more, get it?...The same scenery, same costumes, put them on once and they stay put on....Play them all over Chicago, all over the country.Exhibitors everywhere will be tickled pink to get ready-made prologues....It""s a cinch, because you can give them swell prologues - cheaper than they can put hem on themselves.One of Holmes"" scheduled appearances was to be at the Ryan home for a presentation dinner of the knighthood, and for Sally""s homecoming from the hospital.You""re supposed to be affected, but you""re not...Just another day.Just another death."]Along the way, members of the National Guard in jeeps stopped their vehicle, and while Jason""s camera was forcibly turned off, the soldiers robbed the RV of its supplies and food, leaving hem with only their weapons.The film was also condemned by the National League of Decency for its "sordid story" and its "morally dangerous" subject matter.