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directed by

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and starring William Collier Jr., Barbara Bedford and

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.Munden p.34 It was produced and distributed by the

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studio

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Synopsis

Four

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find themselves out of work when their show goes bust while still in rehearsals. One of them goes to live at the apartment of the manager, leading her boyfriend to mistakenly believe that she is now a kept woman.

Cast

* William Collier Jr. as Owen Mackay * Barbara Bedford as Julia Joyce *

as Myrtle McGinnis *

Eileen Percy Eileen Percy (21 August 1902 – 29 July 1973) was an Irish-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933. Biography Born in Belfast in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, brie ...

as Fanny * Shirley O'Hara as Jane * Gayne Whitman as Frank Carroll * Jocelyn Lee as Flo *

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams Guinn is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Bill Guinn or Lew Meehan (1890–1951), American film actor *Colin Guinn, contestant in ''The Amazing Race'', a U.S. TV series *Dominick Guinn, (born 1975), A ...

as Mike Donovan * James Harrison as Charlie *

Brooks Benedict Brooks Benedict (born Harold J. Mann, February 6, 1896 – January 1, 1968) was an American actor of the silent and sound film eras, when he played supporting and utility roles in over 300 films, mostly uncredited. Life He was born to Alice Ju ...

as Harry * Lincoln Plumer as Mr. Durkin *

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as Landlady * Louise Carver as Referee * John Batten as Eddie

References

Bibliography

* 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

* 1927 films 1927 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Phil Goldstone Tiffany Pictures films 1920s American films English-language comedy films {{1920s-US-silent-comedy-film-stub