A Clever Dummy is a 1917 American short comedy film directed by Ferris Hartman, Robert P. Kerr, Herman C. Raymaker, and Mack Sennett.

Plot

Ben Turpin is a janitor who is in love with an inventor's daughter, and is used as a model for the inventor's new mechanical dummy. To be near to her, he hides inside the dummy's case and is shipped off to a vaudeville company. He has to stay in character as the dummy, which he succeeds at. The property master stores him in Juanita Hansen's dressing room, where he steals a wad of bills, and a chase ensues.[1]

Cast

  • Ben Turpin as A romantic janitor
  • Chester Conklin as A playful property man
  • Wallace Beery as A vaudeville manager
  • Juanita Hansen as A leading lady
  • Claire Anderson as An object of affection
  • James Donnelly as Her inventive father
  • James Delano as His interested partner
  • Joseph Belmont as Bald Husband in Audience (uncredited)
  • Robert Milliken as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
  • Marvel Rea (Minor Role) (uncredited)
  • Eva Thatcher as Wife in Audience (uncredited)

References

  1. ^ "The Bioscope - Thursday 18 October 1917". British Newspaper Archive. London: The Bioscope. October 18, 1917. p. 52. Retrieved March 5, 2025.

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clever_Dummy
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