Jerry at the Waldorf
Jerry ducks his room rent once too often. He is ordered from the boarding house. In attempting to get away with his baggage he drops his trunk on a policeman's head and bumps into the landlady on his exit. He raises the price of a hotel room by exercising his wits in a barroom. He engages a room in a fashionable hostelry. He starts for the bathroom, attired in pajamas, and invades a room occupied by a newly married couple. He rushes to cover in a bathroom where he meets an old man who falls in a faint. He administers illuminating gas while he gets into his clothes. Escaping via fire escape, he runs into an interesting adventure with a squad of poker playing policemen, who catch him and put him in jail.
- Released
- 1917
Details
Release year: 1917
Storyline
Jerry ducks his room rent once too often. He is ordered from the boarding house. In attempting to get away with his baggage he drops his trunk on a policeman's head and bumps into the landlady on his exit. He raises the price of a hotel room by exercising his wits in a barroom. He engages a room in a fashionable hostelry. He starts for the bathroom, attired in pajamas, and invades a room occupied by a newly married couple. He rushes to cover in a bathroom where he meets an old man who falls in a faint. He administers illuminating gas while he gets into his clothes. Escaping via fire escape, he runs into an interesting adventure with a squad of poker playing policemen, who catch him and put him in jail.
Top credits
- George Ovey — Jerry
- Louis Fitzroy — Hotel Clerk
- Goldie Colwell — Woman in Next Room
- Janet Sully — Landlady