The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-In is a 1914 short film directed by

George Ade George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that ...

and starring Wallace Beery, produced by the

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California. Its various stars included Francis X. Bushman, ...

. The director, Ade, a popular writer, at the time of the production was working actively with the Essanay company.

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* 1914 films Essanay Studios films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{short-silent-film-stub