All on Account of Checkers

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 29, 1912

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Selig Polyscope Company

Cast

Rex De Rosselli,Lafe McKee,Harry Lonsdale,Jessie Stewart,William Stowell,Frank Maish,Mattie Fitzgerald,Edgar G. Wynn

Director

Otis Thayer

Writer

William V. Mong

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0372134