The first part of this comedy pictures a race between an aged messenger with a big family and a stork bearing an infant, and the unsuccessful attempt of the messenger to prevent the stork from flying down his chimney. The latter portion deals with the messenger's grown son being dragooned into driving a car in an auto race, although he has never driven a machine before.

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Is 'Nobody Works But Father' worth watching today? Short answer: yes, but with significant, perhaps even glaring, caveats. This early silent comedy, a fascinating relic from cinema...
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