A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Ben Turpin (left). Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Ben Turpin [the soda clerk], Harry Gribbon [the ribbon clerk], Irene Lentz (Irene) [the cashier], Jack Richardson (John J. Richardson) [the proprietor], Bud Ross [the night watchman], Leo Sulky [the police captain], Fred Spencer [the tough prisoner], Louise Carver [the fabric customer], Billy Gilbert [the customer with care], Ernie Adams [the cashier’s father], Spencer Bell [the janitor], Grover Ligon [a policeman], S.D. Wilcox [a policeman], [?] Billy Armstrong?

Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Production management by F. Richard Jones. Cinematography by Blake Wagner. Special cinematography by Ernie Crockett. Intertitles written by J.A. Waldron (John A. Waldron). / Released 6 January 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 October 2017.

References: Louvish-Keystone p. 325 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.