
A lowly office worker suffers the abuses of his cruel boss, until fate gives him enough wealth to buy out his boss and reverse their positions..


The 1921 cinematic landscape was often dominated by sprawling epics or slapstick frivolity, yet The Ten Dollar Raise, directed by Edward Sloman, carves out a niche of profound sociological resonance. It is a film that speaks directly to the soul of the white-collar worker, a demographic that, even a century ago, felt...

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" The 1921 cinematic landscape was often dominated by sprawling epics or slapstick frivolity, yet The Ten Dollar Raise, directed by Edward Sloman, carves out a niche of profound sociological resonance. It is a film that speaks directly to the soul of the white-collar worker, a demographic that, even a century ago, felt the suffocating squeeze of the industrial machine. At its core, the film is a character study of Wilkins, a man whose spine has been curved by the weight of other men's ledgers. W..."
Albert S. Le Vino, Peter B. Kyne
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