Tricks of the Trade

Tricks of the Trade

Comedy | May 27, 1913

Jack Breen and his wife, Lizzie, are professional crooks, who live in a fine house and set themselves up as belonging to the best. Breen gets his living by various means, including begging. He dresses in ragged clothes and picks up crusts in the street, which he pretends to eat, thereby exciting the sympathy of passers-by.

Tricks of the Trade

Comedy | May 27, 1913

Tricks of the Trade
Jack Breen and his wife, Lizzie, are professional crooks, who live in a fine house and set themselves up as belonging to the best. Breen gets his living by various means, including begging. He dresses in ragged clothes and picks up crusts in the street, which he pretends to eat, thereby exciting the sympathy of passers-by.
Producers Vitagraph Company of America
Original title Tricks of the Trade
Directors Frederick A. Thomson
Writers W.A. Tremayne

Cast

Harry T. Morey

as Jack Breen - a Fake Beggar

Julia Swayne Gordon

as Lizzie Breen - Jack's Wife & Accomplice

Robert Gaillard

as 1st Detective

Dorothy Kelly

as 2nd Detective

Joseph Baker

as Jack Williams

Mary Maurice

as Jennie Corcoran