The Counter Jumper

The Counter Jumper — Plot

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 'counter jumper' was the term used in both Britain and the U.S.A. to describe the lowest dogsbody clerk in a general store or emporium. Here, Semon is employed in that capacity in an Old West general store that caters for desperate characters. As usual for Semon, most of the gag set-ups are deeply contrived and implausible. We get here not one but two separate sequences in which randomly splattered stains just happen to resemble a human face.

• Release date
• December 8, 1922
• Runtime
• 15 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Action
• Director
• Larry Semon

The Counter Jumper — Cast

Larry Semon Larry, the Counter Jumper Lucille Carlisle Glorietta Hope Oliver Hardy Gaston Gilligan

C

Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry A Clerk Eva Thatcher William McCall

W

William Hauber Bit Role (uncredited) Al Thompson Bit Role (uncredited)