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All on Account of Checkers (1912)
Short | Comedy, Short

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All on Account of Checkers (1912)

Short | Comedy, Short

Smith & Smith, publishers, in a letter, notify Professor Bernard that they will accept his latest story if he will alter the enclosed paragraph: "Marry me and I will do away with my wife as I did her father." The absent-minded professor ...See moreSmith & Smith, publishers, in a letter, notify Professor Bernard that they will accept his latest story if he will alter the enclosed paragraph: "Marry me and I will do away with my wife as I did her father." The absent-minded professor leaves this paragraph on his study table while he goes to the store to secure some cloth for his wife. The Professor, however, is very absent-minded, and forgets his mission when he meets a group of firemen who induce him to play a game of checkers. In the meantime, Ellen, the cook, is having her troubles with the butcher boy, who brings liver instead of chops, as ordered. To settle the ensuing argument she brings the boy and the liver into the professor's study, and noticing the paragraph on the table, she drops the liver and with the boy starts at once for the police station to report what she supposes to be foul play. The professor returns, and picks up the meat, getting blood on his hands. A messenger comes for the dressmaker's model, and as he is aiding the boy to place the wrapped dummy in an auto he is arrested by a cock-sure detective, egged on by Ellen, the cook. At the station house the seeming tragedy is unraveled and the professor swears off on checkers for good. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry Lonsdale Professor Bernard Professor Bernard See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Jessie Stewart Mrs. Bernard - the Professor's Wife (as Jessie Stuart) Mrs. Bernard - the Professor's Wife (as Jessie Stuart) See fewer	A Double Danger (1912)
Mattie Fitzgerald Ellen - the Cook Ellen - the Cook See fewer	A Wartime Romance (1912)
Rex De Rosselli Sam - the Butcher Boy Sam - the Butcher Boy See fewer	Rescued by Wireless (1914)
Frank Maish Bates - the Friend's Chauffeur Bates - the Friend's Chauffeur See fewer	The 'Diamond S' Ranch (1912)
Edgar G. Wynn Jackson - the Friend's Servant (as Edgar Wynn) Jackson - the Friend's Servant (as Edgar Wynn) See fewer	Brown of Harvard (1911)
Lafe McKee Sam - a Fireman (as Lafayette McKee) Sam - a Fireman (as Lafayette McKee) See fewer	Queen of the Jungle (II) (1935)
Frank Goodman John - a Fireman (as Frank Goonan) John - a Fireman (as Frank Goonan) See fewer	All on Account of Checkers (1912)
Dan Troker Tom - a Fireman Tom - a Fireman See fewer	All on Account of Checkers (1912)
Major J.A. McGuire Curley Combs - the Detective (as Al McGuire) Curley Combs - the Detective (as Al McGuire) See fewer	The Totem Mark (1911)
Guy Mohler Little Dotso - Curley's Assistant Little Dotso - Curley's Assistant See fewer	The Katzenjammer Kids (1912)
William Stowell The Sergeant of Police The Sergeant of Police See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)