Tricks of the Trade(1913)

movie - first aired/released 1913-05-27 - audience 7.0

Directed by Frederick A. Thomson

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.