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All on Account of Checkers

191215m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1912

Runtime

15m

Storyline

Smith & Smith, publishers, in a letter, notify Professor Bernard that they will accept his latest story if he will alter the enclosed paragraph: "Marry me and I will do away with my wife as I did her father." The absent-minded professor leaves this paragraph on his study table while he goes to the store to secure some cloth for his wife. The Professor, however, is very absent-minded, and forgets his mission when he meets a group of firemen who induce him to play a game of checkers. In the meantime, Ellen, the cook, is having her troubles with the butcher boy, who brings liver instead of chops, as ordered.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
15m
Mar 29, 1912
Languages
No Language
Director
Otis Thayer
Production
Selig Polyscope Company
Selig Polyscope Company
Production Countries
United States of America

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