The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and the bellboy. It is obvious from their reactions, particularly the cook (Leo White) that whatever was said did not go down too well. His animated arms knock down the man standing behind him repeatedly until all three servants simultaneously quit. They storm off into the adjoining kitchen where a slavery maid (Blanche White) is on the floor scrubbing the floor. The men all trip over her, moan briefly and then leave.
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Cast
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Billy West
The Star Boarder
Also in
The Hobo
Bright and Early
Bud Ross
Boggs (as Budd Ross)
Also in
Pool Sharks
Yukon Jake
Rex Taylor
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Arvid E. Gillstrom
Louis Burstein
Oliver Hardy
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
Known for
The Music Box
Sons of the Desert
Herman Obrock Jr.
Joe Cohen
Also in
The Villain
Cupid's Rival
Leo White
Ham
Known for
In the Park
The Count
Blanche White
Maggie
Also in
The Dawn Maker
The Chalice of Sorrow
Polly Bailey
(as Polly Van)
Also in
From This Day Forward
Klondike Annie
Arvid E. Gillstrom Director · Rex Taylor Writer Herman Obrock Jr. Cinematographer
United States release September 30, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
King Bee Studios
Production
United States
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Languages
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 30, 1917
Theatrical
Germany
August 9, 1997 · TV premiere
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