Putting the Bee in Herbert
Cast & Crew
Floyd France
Harry Benham
Ethel Fleming
Jessie Stevens
George Henry
William Wadsworth
Film Details
Synopsis
Although Herbert Macklin works hard as a bank clerk, his modest salary cannot keep up with the rising cost of suburban living. When Nellie, his wife, reads a newspaper article in which Philander B. Melville, the president of Herbert's bank, decries the shortage of "10,000-a-year-men," she shows it to Herbert as an incentive to try harder. Using his father-in-law's country business ways as a model, Herbert approaches Melville with an agreeable proposition: if Herbert can get the bank's name into the newspapers four times, he will have earned himself a significant raise. To complete his plan, Herbert undertakes four publicity-seeking schemes, including organizing a company singing quartet, a chess competition with the Bank of England, and a rifle club called "Melville's Muskateers." Each scheme garners Melville's bank free advertising and Herbert, increasing raises. After the fourth item appears in the newspaper, Herbert proudly tells Nellie that he is now a true "10,000-a-year-man."
Director
Floyd France
Cast
Harry Benham
Ethel Fleming
Jessie Stevens
George Henry
William Wadsworth
Crew
Film Details
