The Janitor (1916)

• 72%
• 1916
• Comedy
• Wallace Beery
• Wallace Beery
• Gilmore Hammond
• Ruby Cox

John, the janitor, has a pet monkey that accompanies him on his different jobs. Because of the monkey's wonderful ability, John is given a post of janitor in one of the large hotels. He becomes acquainted with the stenographer in the place and admires her very much her affections are bestowed upon John, the clerk of the hotel, and John, the janitor, is unable to get her interested in himself. One day he finds a flower and places it upon her desk. John the clerk, also sends a flower of the same kind with a note, begging the girl to meet him that night. She answers the note, thanking him for the flower and promising to meet him that night. She lays the note on the clerk's desk. While John, the janitor, is cleaning up, he finds the note, addressed to John and thinks it is for himself. He reads it and is pleased that the girl thinks so much of him. He receives a rude jolt, however, when the girl tells him that he is "off his nut" and does not care for him at all. He goes to his room and dozes off. He is sadly cleaning a room on the thirteenth floor when he detects a crook robbing a room. He takes him in charge and gets a substantial reward. The hotel management praises him for his good work and the girl, regretting her harsh action, forgives him. He is kissing her with relish, when the owner of the house awakens him and he finds that he has been kissing the monkey. The owner tells him to get busy or he will get fired, and poor John goes back to his drudgery.