The Frankfurter Salesman's Dream - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Heinie is the manufacturer and seller of frankfurters, and Mrs. Heinie is his thrifty assistant. The dog catcher of the town is his special friend in the commercial world and daily supplies his needs in the way of raw material. One day he ...See moreHeinie is the manufacturer and seller of frankfurters, and Mrs. Heinie is his thrifty assistant. The dog catcher of the town is his special friend in the commercial world and daily supplies his needs in the way of raw material. One day he peddles his wares at the beach and the young people throng around him to purchase his popular "hot dogs." While in the act of courageously devouring their mid-afternoon meal, one of the girls, horrified to find a dog license, and pandemonium reigns, whereupon Heinie decides the safest place is home. Meanwhile, Mrs. Heinie is purchasing supplies and decides that two prosperous looking bears will conform with her husband's business wants. Then Mr. Heinie, in his relaxation from what might have been from the hand of the awful crowd, falls asleep and is tormented by hordes of bears and dogs, which pronounce sentence on him, that hereafter he shall be the sausage supply instead of them, and he is cruelly plunged into the hopper and he sees himself quickly reduced to a human frankfurter. But Wifie has been preparing kraut and beer, and the delicious fumes bring him back to happy earth. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less