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  • The Jester (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Jester (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
Having a good time at father's expense is the principal occupation of Bob Blair, son of the steel magnate. Finally he gets into a disgraceful brawl in a café and the papers naturally play up the story big, especially those controlled by ...See moreHaving a good time at father's expense is the principal occupation of Bob Blair, son of the steel magnate. Finally he gets into a disgraceful brawl in a café and the papers naturally play up the story big, especially those controlled by the steel trust, which it was trying to force the elder Blair to sell out. "Go out and get him good," the city editor of one of these papers tells Jane Whitman, the girl star. She fines young Blair well irritated under the cross examination of the men reporters, but wins him over to an interview. In her story she makes him look ridiculous, the lone youth who does nothing himself and jests about everything worthwhile. The story stings young Blair and he decides to go to work for his father. He starts in overalls and again the girl is assigned to the story. Because her first story showed him how useless he was and caused him to go to work he consents to see her again. While in the office she notices John Blair's secretary and recalls a trial when he was sentenced for wrongdoing. She mentions this to Bob, who decides to watch the clerk. She returns to the office and writes her story. She praises the boy instead of writing a satire on the gilded youth in overalls and is discharged when she refuses to turn in the kind of story desired. Young Blair gets in touch with her to tell that the secretary has been found to be a spy of the trust and was discharged. When she tells him she also was discharged, he sees that she is hired in the place. The two young persons discover another plot, and Bob has a terrific fist fight with Donovan, the man planted in the shops by the trust to cause labor trouble. With proof of the conspiracy, John Blair is able to warn the trust to refrain from pressing him, and when Bob takes charge as superintendent, his father's secretary leaves the position for a place in the family. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated May 13, 1916
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May 13, 1916 (United States)

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Jon Junior
Bob Blair (as John Junior) Bob Blair (as John Junior)   See fewer
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Gertrude Glover
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