A Simple Sap (1928)

A bumbling grocery-store employee must deal with such job-related problems as a conniving boss, unruly customers, a baby alligator and an escaped lunatic, all of which culminates in a wild melee involving hurled cakes, pies, buckets of jam and bags of flour.

Released Feb. 11, 1928 20 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Short

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