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The Counter Jumper (1922)

The Counter Jumper poster
Directed by
Larry Semon
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A grocery clerk gets into a series of mishaps and chases. The silent comedy features Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy in a remake of an earlier film.

playfulfast-pacedslapsticklightheartedcomedicphysicalclassic

What happens

The Counter Jumper is a 1922 American film directed by Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. It is a remake of the 1919 film The Grocery Clerk, which was also directed by Semon. The film was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in 2009 as part of a series examining slapstick. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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