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  • The Overworked Bookkeeper (1912)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
The Overworked Bookkeeper (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short
Jerry Jenks, an industrious bookkeeper, has so much work on hand that at 6 o'clock he is still bending over his books. The boss commends Jerry and promises him a raise. When the boss has gone, Jerry gets down to work again. At 11:30 P.M. ...See moreJerry Jenks, an industrious bookkeeper, has so much work on hand that at 6 o'clock he is still bending over his books. The boss commends Jerry and promises him a raise. When the boss has gone, Jerry gets down to work again. At 11:30 P.M. he is still adding figures, but beginning to feel very sleepy. He sticks to it for a few minutes more, but finds that he can't keep his eyes open any longer, and is obliged to close his books. It is after midnight when Jerry finally gets to bed, but in spite of his fatigue, he cannot get soundly asleep. Figures dance before his eyes; he imagines that his mouth is an inkwell and finger a pen. After a while he is on his feet, although sound asleep. His books are calling to him. Clad only in his pajamas, Jerry climbs out of his window, up the wall and on to the roof. He walked along the edges of several roofs until he came to some telegraph wires. He walked the wires, slid down the pole to the street, and, after various nocturnal adventures which failed to wake him, Jerry reached the office. It being then about 1:15 A.M. the door of the building was locked, but Jerry wasn't going to be kept away from his books by a little thing like that. He felt along the wall until he found the rain spout, up which he climbed six stories, raised a window, and climbed through. He got out his books and spread them on his desk. His mind now at ease, Jerry's head fell forward on his book and he sank into untroubled slumber. Next morning the stenographer arrived at the office and was shocked to see a man in pajamas asleep. She screamed, people rushed in, the boss arrived, and awakened Jerry, who is dumbfounded to find himself in the office. The boss is in a rage; Jerry is thrown bodily out, and kicked into the street. He finally winds up in the mad house, where, with plenty of chalk, he is still adding figures on the wall. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Aug 30, 1912
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Aug 30, 1912 (United States)

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