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The Janitor's Busy Day (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

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The Janitor's Busy Day (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Jerry is a janitor at a popular boardinghouse. The landlady looks at the world with a distrustful eye. Jerry, having found her soft side, is assured of a job for life. One of the boarders is an actor who has long been out-of-work and he ...See moreJerry is a janitor at a popular boardinghouse. The landlady looks at the world with a distrustful eye. Jerry, having found her soft side, is assured of a job for life. One of the boarders is an actor who has long been out-of-work and he has been informed that he must either pay up or get out. The Hammond sisters' finances are low too; while they have a good act, they are unable to secure engagements because they are brunettes when the popular demand is for blondes. Billie and Ray have eloped and flee to avoid the rage of her angry father. They decide that the safest place to hide in would be a boardinghouse, and secure quarters in the place where Jerry is janitor. Her father secures the services of a famous detective and the search for the missing daughter begins. The Hammond sisters have been told so often that they will not suit because they are brunettes that they decide to be manufactured blondes. Jerry, passing their door, hears the gruesome remark made by one of them stating that "she will get the stuff from the drugstore and they will dye together." Jerry thinks he is on the trail of a tragedy, and when one of the sisters leaves for the drugstore he follows her. The actor, meanwhile, has received notice of an engagement and having only one pair of trousers sends them out to be pressed. Ray and his wife think they are safe from pursuit until suddenly the girl looks out the window and sees the famous detective following their footprints. Jerry sees the girl buying the product in the drugstore, and hurrying to the police station and hurries to the police station to tell them of the impending tragedy. The officers accompanying him back to the house. The landlady, meanwhile, has stopped Neal's trousers from going out, telling him he will have to pay up his board bill before running any others. In desperation he sneaks into the newlyweds' room while they are at lunch and steals a pair of Ray's trousers. Jerry and the police arrive at the girls' room, and hear one of the girls say, "farewell forever," referring to her brunette hair. They think she is taking poison and break in the door. The matter is explained and Jerry receives the benefit of the policemen's rage. As they are belaboring him with clubs, he sees Neal sneaking from Ray's room with the stolen clothes. He puts the police on Neal's trail and they have a merry chase in and out of the house. The detective has notified the girl's father and he hurries into the house and confronts his daughter. She shows him her wedding ring and announces that they are married. Her father is unable to take out his spite on her now and grudgingly accepts his new son-in-law. Jerry the janitor is thankful that he is losing some of his customers as his many duties have proven to be too much for him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Lee Moran Jerry - The Janitor Jerry - The Janitor See fewer	The Little Irish Girl (1926)
Neal Burns The Actor The Actor See fewer	Divorce Made Easy (1929)
Stella Adams The Landlady The Landlady See fewer	His Nobs the Duke (1915)
Betty Compson Betty Hammond Betty Hammond See fewer	Street Girl (1929)
Ethel Lynne Ethel Hammond Ethel Hammond See fewer	Ever Since Eve (1921)
Billie Rhodes The Bride The Bride See fewer	Miss Nobody (1920)
Ray Gallagher The Groom The Groom See fewer	The Prisoner's Story (1912)
Harry L. Rattenberry The Bride's Father (as Harry Rattenberry) The Bride's Father (as Harry Rattenberry) See fewer	Oliver Twist (1916)