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The Clerk (1914)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

The Clerk (1914)

Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

John Gray was the confidential clerk of William Hendricks, a banker, who had amassed considerable wealth by various dubious methods. The clerk did not approve of his employer's business methods, but lacked the courage to seek another ...See moreJohn Gray was the confidential clerk of William Hendricks, a banker, who had amassed considerable wealth by various dubious methods. The clerk did not approve of his employer's business methods, but lacked the courage to seek another position. Into Gray's life came his first romance in the person of the new office stenographer, a pretty young girl. She accorded him a frank liking, and he dared to dream of the time when she would be his wife. His masterful employer, however had noticed the girl's attractions, and flattered her by his attentions, and she became his wife. The clerk, his romance blasted, yet felt that her future would be far more secure as the banker's wife. As the years passed the business of the firm declined, and to save himself from ruin the banker defrauded his creditors by concealing parts of his assets. The clerk was an accomplice to the act, and knew that if detected it meant prison for them both. But when Mrs. Hendricks died, alone and neglected, while her husband drank with a boon companion, the mouse-like characteristics of the clerk died, and he became a man. To punish the man who had cared too little for the woman he loved, the clerk revealed evidence which sent his employer to prison, and although it meant his own punishment, he did so gladly, for he had ceased to care for life the day that his loved one died. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William Nigh John Grey - the Clerk John Grey - the Clerk See fewer	Born Rich (1924)
Jessalyn Van Trump Beatrice - Grey's Stenographer Beatrice - Grey's Stenographer See fewer	The Girl in the Rain (1920)
Ernest Joy William Hendricks William Hendricks See fewer	Cameo Kirby (1914)
Della Martel Janet - an Actress Janet - an Actress See fewer	The Tomboy's Race (1913)
Carrie Clark Ward Landlady Landlady See fewer	Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)