The Counter Jumper (1922)
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
Eva Thatcher
William McCall
Al Thompson
Bit Role (uncredited)
