The Brewsters are at their wits' end to solve the problems of the high cost of living. In an endeavor to reduce their household expenses, they have discharged their cook, but somehow it costs them just as much to live.

Robert F. McGowan, Keene Thompson
United States

There is a moment, about ten minutes in, when Carter DeHaven’s would-be yeoman stands ankle-deep in what the intertitle coyly calls “the udder unknown,” a squelching close-up of city-slicker oxford shoes turning into sponges. That single shot is the Rosetta Stone of Teasing the Soil: a silent gag that whispers the ent...

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" There is a moment, about ten minutes in, when Carter DeHaven’s would-be yeoman stands ankle-deep in what the intertitle coyly calls “the udder unknown,” a squelching close-up of city-slicker oxford shoes turning into sponges. That single shot is the Rosetta Stone of Teasing the Soil: a silent gag that whispers the entire economic thesis of the picture—every step toward self-sufficiency merely squeezes new expenses out of the earth. The Price of Eggs and the Price of Dreams Released in the exha..."


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