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  • Hero for a Minute (1917)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Hero for a Minute (1917)
Short | Comedy, Short

Kid Cameraflage, the Chief's chauffeur, was secretly married to the maid. She had promised to take good care of him before he married her, but everything was different now, for he was made to do the menial work and become a full-fledged ...See moreKid Cameraflage, the Chief's chauffeur, was secretly married to the maid. She had promised to take good care of him before he married her, but everything was different now, for he was made to do the menial work and become a full-fledged kitchen mechanic to meet the high cost of living. The Chief and his wife were happy. They had a battle every other minute. The Chief gets an order from the Mayor, advising him that all blackhanders must be clean-shaven. This aggravates one of the blackhanders, who picks himself out a well-fed bomb, and wends his weary way to the office of the Mayor. Kid Cameraflage, whose duties varied, was lining up the cuspidors, when he spied the bomb nestling in one of them. Everyone looked on to see the Kid's finish, but picking the bomb up courageously, he flung it out of the window, hitting the blackhanders, and saved the day. "You're fired!" said the Mayor to the Chief. "You're hired!" said the Mayor to the Kid. "You're chauffeur!" said the Kid to the Chief, and so the Chief became the chauffeur, while the chauffeur became the chief. Returning home, the ex-chauffeur and the maid took possession of the Chief's house. Kid Cameraflage fell asleep in Mrs. Chief's room. The maid tried to detain the Chief by fainting in his arms. Friend wife, seeing her husband's arms full of maid, entered her room, and she found the Kid trembling in her clothes closet. Thereupon she, too, fainted. The ex-Chief's bullets send the Kid to the roof, but they all drop through the skylight and land back where they came from. Explanations are in order, and the Kid relinquishes his right to Chiefdom. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Robert P. Kerr (as Robert Kerr)
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Updated Dec 5, 1917

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Dec 5, 1917 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Bobby Dunn
Kid Cameraflage Kid Cameraflage   See fewer
Edgar Kennedy
The Chief The Chief   See fewer
Catherine Young
The Chief's Wife The Chief's Wife   See fewer
Peggy Prevost
The Maid The Maid   See fewer
Harry Griffith
Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited) Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Stephens
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Gladys Varden
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