The Counter Jumper (1922)
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.
- Date of release
- 1922-12-08
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Comedy, Action
- Director
- Larry Semon
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
The Counter Jumper is a 1922 American film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. It is a remake of the 1919 film The Grocery Clerk, which was also directed by Semon. The film was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 2009 as part of a series examining slapstick.
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