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  • The Grouch (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
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The Grouch (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy
John Morgan is a grouch. His stenographer, Kate, let him rave until one day when it was cold and he insisted upon having the window open right over her head, her patience gave out and she simply told him in a very emphatic manner that "she...See moreJohn Morgan is a grouch. His stenographer, Kate, let him rave until one day when it was cold and he insisted upon having the window open right over her head, her patience gave out and she simply told him in a very emphatic manner that "she would not freeze to death for any man." She was dismissed from his employ. A few days before this a girl named Nan Keyes applied for a position in the office. Kate told her there was no opening but John Morgan upon entering the room heard Kate's remark and immediately found a position for Nan in the stock room to take the position of shipping clerk which had been held by Dan whom Morgan put back in the shipping room with the other boys. Immediately upon Kate's dismissal from the office Nan was asked if she could do stenography and as she could she was taken into the office to work. One day Nan caught a dreadful cold from the window she had left open to make Morgan angry. That day he left the office before she did and on going out dropped his wallet on the floor. Nan found it and having no place to keep it until morning she put it in her bag for safety. Now Nan had an enemy in an admirer of hers. Dan had been an ardent admirer of Nan's, overstepped courtesy one day. and Nan had given him a good slap in the face before the eyes of his fellow workmen and he was ready for revenge. His time came for just as Nan picked up the purse he stepped into the room and then quickly out again having seen her put the wallet into her own bag. The next day Nan was too sick to come to work and when John Morgan inquired if anyone had heard from her Dan told what he had seen. Morgan did not believe and forbid him to say anything more on the subject but went straight to Nan's house. He was surprised to find her in such poor lodgings and found that she supported her good for nothing father, who inhabited the saloons. To this father she had given the wallet to be returned to Mr. Morgan when she found she was too ill to go to business. He stopped in to treat his friends and when Nan and Mr. Morgan found him, some of the money had disappeared. It was then that John Morgan found Nan should not live with this dreadful father of hers, but when he told so she would not give in to him, so they both decided to go halfway which they did for the rest of their lives together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Jan 3, 1913 (United States)

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John Morgan John Morgan   See fewer
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