All on Account of Checkers (1912)
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. To settle the ensuing argument she brings the boy and the liver into the professor's study, and noticing the paragraph on the table, she drops the liver and with the boy starts at once for the police station to report what she supposes to be foul play. The professor returns, and picks up the meat, getting blood on his hands. A messenger comes for the dressmaker's model, and as he is aiding the boy to place the wrapped dummy in an auto he is arrested by a cock-sure detective, egged on by Ellen, the cook. At the station house the seeming tragedy is unraveled and the professor swears off on checkers for good.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Otis Thayer | Director |
| William V. Mong | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry Lonsdale | |
| Jessie Stewart | |
| Mattie Fitzgerald | |
| Rex De Rosselli |
