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  • Just His Luck (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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Just His Luck (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy
Jenks, a man in hard circumstances, discovers that he is down to his last one dollar bill. Hungry and discouraged he decides to purchase food with this dollar. On his way to a nearby restaurant, Jenks notices a sign on the window of an ...See moreJenks, a man in hard circumstances, discovers that he is down to his last one dollar bill. Hungry and discouraged he decides to purchase food with this dollar. On his way to a nearby restaurant, Jenks notices a sign on the window of an insurance office, which reads: "Accident insurance, $1 a week." The idea occurs to Jenks to take out a policy with his last dollar and then intentionally injure himself in order to secure a few hundred dollars from the insurance company. He goes in and takes out the policy with his last and only dollar. He is informed that this policy pays $500 for broken limb, loss of both eyes, etc., and straightway becomes happy at the thought of the small fortune that will soon be his. Jenks resorts to every imaginable method in his attempt to injure himself, but to no avail. He throws himself in front of trains, automobiles, and street cars, falls out of a balloon, allows himself to be blown up in a stone quarry blast, etc., but receives not an injury for his pains. He finally gets so disgusted with his luck that he returns to the insurance office and gets a refund of his dollar in exchange for the policy. As he steps out of the office he slips on a banana peel and suffers several serious injuries, including a broken leg. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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William Nicholas Selig
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Updated Aug 30, 1912
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Aug 30, 1912 (United States)

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4 cast members
Name Known for
John Lancaster
Jenks Jenks   See fewer
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Frank Owens
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Barbara Swager
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