A Clever Dummy

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.

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)

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