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directed by and starring Eddie Lyons and

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. The cast also included

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and

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.Connelly p.252

Cast

* Eddie Lyons as Richard Thayer *

as William Harcourt *

as Bessie Lane * Lillian Hall as Maude Harcourt *

as Bill Bradford *

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as Jack Lane * Florence Mayon as Cook * Charles McHugh as Butler

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub