Getting a Start in Life
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Old Si Spunk is dying, and leaves his shack and acres in Montana to Elizabeth Spunk, his niece, in the East. A cowboy finds a photograph of a fierce looking old maid with the name "Elizabeth Spunk" on the back. Thinking this is the niece, Tom and Jerry, two of the cowboys, hit upon an idea to drive her out of the country.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1915-04-06
Runtime: 12 mins
Director: Tom Mix
Writer: James Oliver Curwood
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Western
Original title: Getting a Start in Life
Production Companies: Selig Polyscope Company
Production Countries: United States of America
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