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Under New Management
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Henry Lehrman
Cast: Gertrude Selby [Gertie, the stenographer], Gene Rogers [the boss], Alice Howell [the boss’s wife], Ray Griffith (Raymond Griffith) [the first clerk], Fatty Voss [the second clerk]
L-KO Motion Picture Kompany production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Henry Lehrman. / Released 13 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The stenographer was entirely too pretty for the equilibrium of the office force, and both clerks and the boss found themselves off balance. The boss had the advantage of authority in the office, but unluckily he didn’t have the same at home, and when his spouse happened in and interrupted a little conversation he was having with the stenographer, said stenographer went out by express orders of the wife. This didn’t help matters, however, as Gertie came back in boy’s clothes, got her old job back, and also got Wifey stuck on her. The ensuing trouble is best left untold, with the exception of a secret meeting at the café, an intercepted note, and an important disclosure just at the wrong time. The whole affair would have been far better if Wifey had not attempted to take over the office under her management and Gertie had not imagined she could get away with the men’s clothes effect.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domian [USA].
Listing updated: 23 June 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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