The Counter Jumper

Overview

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 'counter jumper' was the term used in both Britain and the U.S.A. to describe the lowest dogsbody clerk in a general store or emporium. Here, Semon is employed in that capacity in an Old West general store that caters for desperate characters. As usual for Semon, most of the gag set-ups are deeply contrived and implausible. We get here not one but two separate sequences in which randomly splattered stains just happen to resemble a human face.

Cast

Larry Semon

Larry, the Counter Jumper

Lucille Carlisle

Glorietta Hope

Oliver Hardy

Gaston Gilligan

Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry

A Clerk

Eva Thatcher

William McCall

William Hauber

Bit Role (uncredited)

Al Thompson

Bit Role (uncredited)