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A Grocery Clerk’s Romance
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Ford Sterling [the flirting grocery clerk; and the second conspirator], James C. Morton [Brown, a lazy husband], [?] ? [his wife, the object of affection], [?] ? [his youngest child], [?] ? [the main conspirator], [?] ? [the third conspirator], [?] ? [the neighbor lady], [?] ? [Brown’s drinking buddy], [?] ? [the first man outside the bar], [?] ? [the second man outside the bar], [?] ? [the minister]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 28 October 1912; in a split-reel with At Coney Island (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Credits that place Mabel Normand and Fred Mace in the cast are in error.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Gierucki Studios LLC; and in the film holdings of The Fort Lee Film Commission.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Anarchists - Bombs - Grocery clerks - Rescues - Street scenes

Listing updated: 17 August 2014.

References: Film viewing : Fussell-Normand p. 248; Lahue-Kops p. 136.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc.